Exam PL-400 topic 6 question 2 discussion

Since the question doesn't specify that an app setting has been created for the time zone, everything is UTC. Therefore, the answer should be US: 0011 ** 1-5, Japan: 0019 ** 0-4

Answer is correct

1. United States (UTC-7) For the United States (UTC-7), you want the function to run at 4:00 AM local time, so the time zone offset will be taken into account. The CRON expression for 4:00 AM on weekdays (Monday to Friday) in UTC-7 is: 0 0 11 * * 1-5 Explanation: 0 0: At 0 minutes and 0 seconds (exactly on the hour). 11: 4:00 AM UTC-7 is 11:00 AM UTC. * *: Every month and every day. 1-5: Monday to Friday. 2. Japan (UTC+9) For Japan (UTC+9), you want the function to run at 4:00 AM local time, and since Japan is UTC+9, you need to adjust the schedule accordingly. The CRON expression for 4:00 AM on weekdays (Monday to Friday) in UTC+9 is: 0 0 19 * * 1-5 Explanation: 0 0: At 0 minutes and 0 seconds (exactly on the hour). 19: 4:00 AM UTC+9 is 7:00 PM UTC. * *: Every month and every day. 1-5: Monday to Friday.

The value 0-4 in the CRON expression would imply running the function on Sunday (0) through Thursday (4), not Monday to Friday (1-5). Here’s the breakdown of the day of the week mapping in CRON expressions: 0 = Sunday 1 = Monday 2 = Tuesday 3 = Wednesday 4 = Thursday 5 = Friday 6 = Saturday

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-timer?tabs=python-v2%2Cisolated-process%2Cnodejs-v4&pivots=programming-language-csharp#ncrontab-time-zones It does not mention anything about having a setting in the app for time zone. So UTC time must be used. For Japan the UTC time is 19 (Previous day) For US 11 (Same day) Weekdays start from sunday (0), so it should be 1-5 (But for Japan as it is 19 previous day it should 0-4) So, the answer is: 0 0 11 * * 1-5 0 0 19 * * 0-4

United State : 0 11 * * 1-5 Japan : 0 19 * * 1-5

answers are correct

answers are correct!

For the US Azure Function, you should use 0 0 4 * * 1-5 to run the function at 4:00 AM every Monday through Friday. For the Japan Azure Function, you should use 0 0 4 * * 1-5 to run the function at 4:00 AM every Monday through Friday in Japan, which is 4:00 PM on Sunday UTC. You are correct that the schedule will be translated to 4 AM in UTC, but the schedule should be set according to the local time of each location.

For the US Azure Function, you should use 0 0 4 * * 1-5 to run the function at 4:00 AM every Monday through Friday. For the Japan Azure Function, you should use 0 0 4 * * 1-5 to run the function at 4:00 AM every Monday through Friday in Japan, which is 4:00 PM on Sunday UTC. You are correct that the schedule will be translated to 4 AM in UTC, but the schedule should be set according to the local time of each location.

The given answers are correct. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-bindings-timer?tabs=in-process&pivots=programming-language-csharp

Answer should be US: 0011 ** 1-5, Japan: 0019 ** 0-4

Is UTC or is the settings set? Tricky question.

1. Azure instance is available in both the locations - US and Japan 2. The functions should run only on weekdays The configuration should be 4 AM in US and 4 AM in Japan respectively on its Azure instances. Though in effect the functions will run at different times. No need of calculation then, (0 0 4 * * 1-5) seems right answer.

4:00 am US (UTC-7) = 1100 UTC 4:00 am JAPAN (UTC+9) = 1900 UTC *of the previous day* So assuming that there is *NOT* a WEBSITE_TIME_ZONE setting the correct answers for each would be: US: 0 0 11 * * 1-5 (4am Monday US is 11am Monday UTC) JAPAN 0 0 19 * * 0-4 (4am Monday Japan is 7pm Sunday UTC)

(UTC-7) US Mon 11am -7 hours = (UTC) Mon 4 AM 0 0 11 * * 1-5 (UTC+9) Japan Sun 7pm + 9 hours = (UTC) Mon 4 AM 0 0 19 * * 0-4

Environments in both places and set up for each location. Added to this that 4:00AM - 7 is 9PM (21), +9 is 1PM (13), since both 21 + 13 are not options in the hour section. I am inclined to go with given answers {second} {minute} {hour} {day} {month} {day-of-week}