Allow specification of timezones in Periodic Jobs

api/jobs.go

@@ -211,6 +211,15 @@ type PeriodicConfig struct {
 	Spec            string
 	SpecType        string
 	ProhibitOverlap bool
+	TimeZone        *string
+}
+
+func (p *PeriodicConfig) GetLocation() (*time.Location, error) {
+	if p.TimeZone == nil || *p.TimeZone == "" {
+		return time.UTC, nil
+	}
+
+	return time.LoadLocation(*p.TimeZone)
 }
 
 // ParameterizedJobConfig is used to configure the parameterized job.

command/plan.go

@@ -218,8 +218,9 @@ func formatDryRun(resp *api.JobPlanResponse, job *structs.Job) string {
 	}
 
 	if next := resp.NextPeriodicLaunch; !next.IsZero() {
+		now := time.Now().In(job.Periodic.GetLocation())
 		out += fmt.Sprintf("[green]- If submitted now, next periodic launch would be at %s (%s from now).\n",
-			formatTime(next), formatTimeDifference(time.Now().UTC(), next, time.Second))
+			formatTime(next), formatTimeDifference(now, next, time.Second))
 	}
 
 	out = strings.TrimSuffix(out, "\n")

command/run.go

@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ func (c *RunCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	if detach || periodic || paramjob {
 		c.Ui.Output("Job registration successful")
 		if periodic {
-			now := time.Now().UTC()
+			now := time.Now().In(job.Periodic.GetLocation())
 			next := job.Periodic.Next(now)
 			c.Ui.Output(fmt.Sprintf("Approximate next launch time: %s (%s from now)",
 				formatTime(next), formatTimeDifference(now, next, time.Second)))

command/status.go

@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ func (c *StatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 		c.Ui.Error(fmt.Sprintf("Error converting job: %s", err))
 		return 1
 	}
+	sJob.Canonicalize()
 	periodic := sJob.IsPeriodic()
 	parameterized := sJob.IsParameterized()
 
@@ -155,7 +156,7 @@ func (c *StatusCommand) Run(args []string) int {
 	}
 
 	if periodic {
-		now := time.Now().UTC()
+		now := time.Now().In(sJob.Periodic.GetLocation())
 		next := sJob.Periodic.Next(now)
 		basic = append(basic, fmt.Sprintf("Next Periodic Launch|%s",
 			fmt.Sprintf("%s (%s from now)",

jobspec/parse.go

@@ -1172,6 +1172,7 @@ func parsePeriodic(result **structs.PeriodicConfig, list *ast.ObjectList) error
 		"enabled",
 		"cron",
 		"prohibit_overlap",
+		"time_zone",
 	}
 	if err := checkHCLKeys(o.Val, valid); err != nil {
 		return err

jobspec/parse_test.go

@@ -334,6 +334,7 @@ func TestParse(t *testing.T) {
 					SpecType:        structs.PeriodicSpecCron,
 					Spec:            "*/5 * * *",
 					ProhibitOverlap: true,
+					TimeZone:        "Europe/Minsk",
 				},
 			},
 			false,

jobspec/test-fixtures/periodic-cron.hcl

@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ job "foo" {
     periodic {
         cron = "*/5 * * *"
         prohibit_overlap = true
+        time_zone = "Europe/Minsk"
     }
 }

nomad/job_endpoint.go

@@ -687,7 +687,7 @@ func (j *Job) Plan(args *structs.JobPlanRequest, reply *structs.JobPlanResponse)
 
 	// If it is a periodic job calculate the next launch
 	if args.Job.IsPeriodic() && args.Job.Periodic.Enabled {
-		reply.NextPeriodicLaunch = args.Job.Periodic.Next(time.Now().UTC())
+		reply.NextPeriodicLaunch = args.Job.Periodic.Next(time.Now().In(args.Job.Periodic.GetLocation()))
 	}
 
 	reply.FailedTGAllocs = updatedEval.FailedTGAllocs

nomad/periodic.go

@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ func (p *PeriodicDispatch) Add(job *structs.Job) error {
 
 	// Add or update the job.
 	p.tracked[job.ID] = job
-	next := job.Periodic.Next(time.Now().UTC())
+	next := job.Periodic.Next(time.Now().In(job.Periodic.GetLocation()))
 	if tracked {
 		if err := p.heap.Update(job, next); err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("failed to update job %v launch time: %v", job.ID, err)
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ func (p *PeriodicDispatch) ForceRun(jobID string) (*structs.Evaluation, error) {
 	}
 
 	p.l.Unlock()
-	return p.createEval(job, time.Now().UTC())
+	return p.createEval(job, time.Now().In(job.Periodic.GetLocation()))
 }
 
 // shouldRun returns whether the long lived run function should run.
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ func (p *PeriodicDispatch) run() {
 		if launch.IsZero() {
 			launchCh = nil
 		} else {
-			launchDur := launch.Sub(time.Now().UTC())
+			launchDur := launch.Sub(time.Now().In(job.Periodic.GetLocation()))
 			launchCh = time.After(launchDur)
 			p.logger.Printf("[DEBUG] nomad.periodic: launching job %q in %s", job.ID, launchDur)
 		}

nomad/structs/diff_test.go

@@ -515,6 +515,7 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Spec:            "*/15 * * * * *",
 					SpecType:        "foo",
 					ProhibitOverlap: false,
+					TimeZone:        "Europe/Minsk",
 				},
 			},
 			Expected: &JobDiff{
@@ -548,6 +549,12 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 								Old:  "",
 								New:  "foo",
 							},
+							{
+								Type: DiffTypeAdded,
+								Name: "TimeZone",
+								Old:  "",
+								New:  "Europe/Minsk",
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -561,6 +568,7 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Spec:            "*/15 * * * * *",
 					SpecType:        "foo",
 					ProhibitOverlap: false,
+					TimeZone:        "Europe/Minsk",
 				},
 			},
 			New: &Job{},
@@ -595,6 +603,12 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 								Old:  "foo",
 								New:  "",
 							},
+							{
+								Type: DiffTypeDeleted,
+								Name: "TimeZone",
+								Old:  "Europe/Minsk",
+								New:  "",
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -608,6 +622,7 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Spec:            "*/15 * * * * *",
 					SpecType:        "foo",
 					ProhibitOverlap: false,
+					TimeZone:        "Europe/Minsk",
 				},
 			},
 			New: &Job{
@@ -616,6 +631,7 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Spec:            "* * * * * *",
 					SpecType:        "cron",
 					ProhibitOverlap: true,
+					TimeZone:        "America/Los_Angeles",
 				},
 			},
 			Expected: &JobDiff{
@@ -649,6 +665,12 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 								Old:  "foo",
 								New:  "cron",
 							},
+							{
+								Type: DiffTypeEdited,
+								Name: "TimeZone",
+								Old:  "Europe/Minsk",
+								New:  "America/Los_Angeles",
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},
@@ -663,6 +685,7 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Spec:            "*/15 * * * * *",
 					SpecType:        "foo",
 					ProhibitOverlap: false,
+					TimeZone:        "Europe/Minsk",
 				},
 			},
 			New: &Job{
@@ -671,6 +694,7 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 					Spec:            "* * * * * *",
 					SpecType:        "foo",
 					ProhibitOverlap: false,
+					TimeZone:        "Europe/Minsk",
 				},
 			},
 			Expected: &JobDiff{
@@ -704,6 +728,12 @@ func TestJobDiff(t *testing.T) {
 								Old:  "foo",
 								New:  "foo",
 							},
+							{
+								Type: DiffTypeNone,
+								Name: "TimeZone",
+								Old:  "Europe/Minsk",
+								New:  "Europe/Minsk",
+							},
 						},
 					},
 				},

nomad/structs/structs.go

@@ -1175,6 +1175,10 @@ func (j *Job) Canonicalize() {
 	if j.ParameterizedJob != nil {
 		j.ParameterizedJob.Canonicalize()
 	}
+
+	if j.Periodic != nil {
+		j.Periodic.Canonicalize()
+	}
 }
 
 // Copy returns a deep copy of the Job. It is expected that callers use recover.
@@ -1542,6 +1546,16 @@ type PeriodicConfig struct {
 
 	// ProhibitOverlap enforces that spawned jobs do not run in parallel.
 	ProhibitOverlap bool `mapstructure:"prohibit_overlap"`
+
+	// TimeZone is the user specified string that determines the time zone to
+	// launch against. The time zones must be specified from IANA Time Zone
+	// database, such as "America/New_York".
+	// Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones
+	// Reference: https://www.iana.org/time-zones
+	TimeZone string `mapstructure:"time_zone"`
+
+	// location is the time zone to evaluate the launch time against
+	location *time.Location
 }
 
 func (p *PeriodicConfig) Copy() *PeriodicConfig {
@@ -1558,23 +1572,41 @@ func (p *PeriodicConfig) Validate() error {
 		return nil
 	}
 
+	var mErr multierror.Error
 	if p.Spec == "" {
-		return fmt.Errorf("Must specify a spec")
+		multierror.Append(&mErr, fmt.Errorf("Must specify a spec"))
+	}
+
+	// Check if we got a valid time zone
+	if p.TimeZone != "" {
+		if _, err := time.LoadLocation(p.TimeZone); err != nil {
+			multierror.Append(&mErr, fmt.Errorf("Invalid time zone %q: %v", p.TimeZone, err))
+		}
 	}
 
 	switch p.SpecType {
 	case PeriodicSpecCron:
 		// Validate the cron spec
 		if _, err := cronexpr.Parse(p.Spec); err != nil {
-			return fmt.Errorf("Invalid cron spec %q: %v", p.Spec, err)
+			multierror.Append(&mErr, fmt.Errorf("Invalid cron spec %q: %v", p.Spec, err))
 		}
 	case PeriodicSpecTest:
 		// No-op
 	default:
-		return fmt.Errorf("Unknown periodic specification type %q", p.SpecType)
+		multierror.Append(&mErr, fmt.Errorf("Unknown periodic specification type %q", p.SpecType))
 	}
 
-	return nil
+	return mErr.ErrorOrNil()
+}
+
+func (p *PeriodicConfig) Canonicalize() {
+	// Load the location
+	l, err := time.LoadLocation(p.TimeZone)
+	if err != nil {
+		p.location = time.UTC
+	}
+
+	p.location = l
 }
 
 // Next returns the closest time instant matching the spec that is after the
@@ -1615,6 +1647,17 @@ func (p *PeriodicConfig) Next(fromTime time.Time) time.Time {
 	return time.Time{}
 }
 
+// GetLocation returns the location to use for determining the time zone to run
+// the periodic job against.
+func (p *PeriodicConfig) GetLocation() *time.Location {
+	// Jobs pre 0.5.5 will not have this
+	if p.location != nil {
+		return p.location
+	}
+
+	return time.UTC
+}
+
 const (
 	// PeriodicLaunchSuffix is the string appended to the periodic jobs ID
 	// when launching derived instances of it.

nomad/structs/structs_test.go

@@ -1217,12 +1217,19 @@ func TestPeriodicConfig_EnabledInvalid(t *testing.T) {
 	if err := p.Validate(); err == nil {
 		t.Fatal("Enabled PeriodicConfig with no spec shouldn't be valid")
 	}
+
+	// Create a config that is enabled, with a bad time zone.
+	p = &PeriodicConfig{Enabled: true, TimeZone: "FOO"}
+	if err := p.Validate(); err == nil || !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "time zone") {
+		t.Fatal("Enabled PeriodicConfig with bad time zone shouldn't be valid: %v", err)
+	}
 }
 
 func TestPeriodicConfig_InvalidCron(t *testing.T) {
 	specs := []string{"foo", "* *", "@foo"}
 	for _, spec := range specs {
 		p := &PeriodicConfig{Enabled: true, SpecType: PeriodicSpecCron, Spec: spec}
+		p.Canonicalize()
 		if err := p.Validate(); err == nil {
 			t.Fatal("Invalid cron spec")
 		}
@@ -1233,6 +1240,7 @@ func TestPeriodicConfig_ValidCron(t *testing.T) {
 	specs := []string{"0 0 29 2 *", "@hourly", "0 0-15 * * *"}
 	for _, spec := range specs {
 		p := &PeriodicConfig{Enabled: true, SpecType: PeriodicSpecCron, Spec: spec}
+		p.Canonicalize()
 		if err := p.Validate(); err != nil {
 			t.Fatal("Passed valid cron")
 		}
@@ -1245,13 +1253,53 @@ func TestPeriodicConfig_NextCron(t *testing.T) {
 	expected := []time.Time{time.Time{}, time.Date(2009, time.November, 10, 23, 25, 0, 0, time.UTC)}
 	for i, spec := range specs {
 		p := &PeriodicConfig{Enabled: true, SpecType: PeriodicSpecCron, Spec: spec}
+		p.Canonicalize()
 		n := p.Next(from)
 		if expected[i] != n {
 			t.Fatalf("Next(%v) returned %v; want %v", from, n, expected[i])
 		}
 	}
 }
 
+func TestPeriodicConfig_ValidTimeZone(t *testing.T) {
+	zones := []string{"Africa/Abidjan", "America/Chicago", "Europe/Minsk", "UTC"}
+	for _, zone := range zones {
+		p := &PeriodicConfig{Enabled: true, SpecType: PeriodicSpecCron, Spec: "0 0 29 2 * 1980", TimeZone: zone}
+		p.Canonicalize()
+		if err := p.Validate(); err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("Valid tz errored: %v", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPeriodicConfig_DST(t *testing.T) {
+	// On Sun, Mar 12, 2:00 am 2017: +1 hour UTC
+	p := &PeriodicConfig{
+		Enabled:  true,
+		SpecType: PeriodicSpecCron,
+		Spec:     "0 2 11-12 3 * 2017",
+		TimeZone: "America/Los_Angeles",
+	}
+	p.Canonicalize()
+
+	t1 := time.Date(2017, time.March, 11, 1, 0, 0, 0, p.location)
+	t2 := time.Date(2017, time.March, 12, 1, 0, 0, 0, p.location)
+
+	// E1 is an 8 hour adjustment, E2 is a 7 hour adjustment
+	e1 := time.Date(2017, time.March, 11, 10, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	e2 := time.Date(2017, time.March, 12, 9, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+
+	n1 := p.Next(t1).UTC()
+	n2 := p.Next(t2).UTC()
+
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(e1, n1) {
+		t.Fatalf("Got %v; want %v", n1, e1)
+	}
+	if !reflect.DeepEqual(e2, n2) {
+		t.Fatalf("Got %v; want %v", n1, e1)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRestartPolicy_Validate(t *testing.T) {
 	// Policy with acceptable restart options passes
 	p := &RestartPolicy{

website/source/docs/http/json-jobs.html.md

@@ -265,6 +265,12 @@ The `Job` object supports the following keys:
     * `Enabled` - `Enabled` determines whether the periodic job will spawn child
     jobs.
 
+    * `time_zone` - Specifies the time zone to evaluate the next launch interval
+      against. This is useful when wanting to account for day light savings in
+      various time zones. The time zone must be parsable by Golang's
+      [LoadLocation](https://golang.org/pkg/time/#LoadLocation). The default is
+      UTC.
+
     * `SpecType` - `SpecType` determines how Nomad is going to interpret the
       periodic expression. `cron` is the only supported `SpecType` currently.