[GitHub] [airflow] ashb commented on a change in pull request #6324: [AIRFLOW-XXX] Clarify daylight savings time behaviour

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ashb commented on a change in pull request #6324: [AIRFLOW-XXX] Clarify daylight savings time behaviour
URL: https://github.com/apache/airflow/pull/6324#discussion_r334448114
 
 

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 File path: docs/timezone.rst
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 @@ -147,18 +147,20 @@ It is left up to the DAG to handle this.
     local_tz = pendulum.timezone("Europe/Amsterdam")
     local_tz.convert(execution_date)
 
-
 Cron schedules
 ''''''''''''''
 
-In case you set a cron schedule, Airflow assumes you will always want to run at the exact same time. It will
-then ignore day light savings time. Thus, if you have a schedule that says
-run at the end of interval every day at 08:00 GMT+1 it will always run at the end of interval 08:00 GMT+1,
-regardless if day light savings time is in place.
-
+Time zone aware DAGs that use cron schedules respect daylight savings
+time. For example, a DAG with a start date in the `US/Eastern` time zone
+with a schedule of `0 0 * * *` will run daily at 04:00 UTC during
 
 Review comment:
   ```suggestion
   with a schedule of ``0 0 * * *`` will run daily at 04:00 UTC during
   ```

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