Fix #1044: Cron expressions respect schedule.TZ field using 3-level fallback

Ultraworked with [Sisyphus](https://github.com/code-yeongyu/oh-my-opencode)

Co-authored-by: Sisyphus <clio-agent@sisyphuslabs.ai>

cmd/picoclaw/internal/gateway/helpers.go

@@ -221,8 +221,14 @@ func setupCronTool(
 	cronStorePath := filepath.Join(workspace, "cron", "jobs.json")
 
 	// Create cron service
-	cronService := cron.NewCronService(cronStorePath, nil)
+	cronService := cron.NewCronService(
-
+		cronStorePath,
+		nil,
+		cron.CronConfig{
+			ExecTimeoutMinutes: cfg.Tools.Cron.ExecTimeoutMinutes,
+			DefaultTimezone:    cfg.Tools.Cron.DefaultTimezone,
+		},
+	)
 	// Create and register CronTool
 	cronTool, err := tools.NewCronTool(cronService, agentLoop, msgBus, workspace, restrict, execTimeout, cfg)
 	if err != nil {

config/config.example.json

@@ -243,7 +243,8 @@
       "proxy": ""
     },
     "cron": {
-      "exec_timeout_minutes": 5
+      "exec_timeout_minutes": 5,
+      "default_timezone": "Asia/Shanghai"
     },
     "mcp": {
       "enabled": false,

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ type WebToolsConfig struct {
 
 type CronToolsConfig struct {
 	ExecTimeoutMinutes int    `json:"exec_timeout_minutes" env:"PICOCLAW_TOOLS_CRON_EXEC_TIMEOUT_MINUTES"` // 0 means no timeout
+	DefaultTimezone  string `json:"default_timezone" env:"PICOCLAW_TOOLS_CRON_DEFAULT_TIMEZONE"`
 }
 
 type ExecConfig struct {

pkg/cron/service.go

@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/sipeed/picoclaw/pkg/fileutil"
 )
+type CronConfig struct {
+	ExecTimeoutMinutes int    `json:"exec_timeout_minutes,omitempty"`
+	DefaultTimezone  string `json:"default_timezone,omitempty"`
+}
 
 type CronSchedule struct {
 	Kind    string `json:"kind"`
@@ -59,20 +63,22 @@ type CronStore struct {
 type JobHandler func(job *CronJob) (string, error)
 
 type CronService struct {
-	storePath string
+storePath string
-	store     *CronStore
+store     *CronStore
-	onJob     JobHandler
+onJob     JobHandler
-	mu        sync.RWMutex
+mu        sync.RWMutex
-	running   bool
+running   bool
-	stopChan  chan struct{}
+stopChan  chan struct{}
 	gronx     *gronx.Gronx
+	config    CronConfig
 }
 
-func NewCronService(storePath string, onJob JobHandler) *CronService {
+func NewCronService(storePath string, onJob JobHandler, config CronConfig) *CronService {
 	cs := &CronService{
 		storePath: storePath,
 		onJob:     onJob,
 		gronx:     gronx.New(),
+		config:    config,
 	}
 	// Initialize and load store on creation
 	cs.loadStore()
@@ -264,15 +270,32 @@ func (cs *CronService) computeNextRun(schedule *CronSchedule, nowMS int64) *int6
 			return nil
 		}
 		
-		// Use gronx to calculate next run time
+		// 3-level fallback: schedule.TZ > config default_timezone > "Asia/Shanghai"
-		now := time.UnixMilli(nowMS)
+		timezoneStr := schedule.TZ
+		if timezoneStr == "" {
+			timezoneStr = cs.config.DefaultTimezone
+		}
+		if timezoneStr == "" {
+			timezoneStr = "Asia/Shanghai"  // Default fallback
+		}
+		
+		// Load the target timezone
+		targetTZ, err := time.LoadLocation(timezoneStr)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("[cron] failed to load timezone '%s', falling back to UTC: %v", timezoneStr, err)
+			targetTZ = time.UTC  // fallback to UTC on error
+		}
+		
+		// Use gronx to calculate next run time based on target timezone
+		now := time.UnixMilli(nowMS).In(targetTZ)
 		nextTime, err := gronx.NextTickAfter(schedule.Expr, now, false)
 		if err != nil {
-			log.Printf("[cron] failed to compute next run for expr '%s': %v", schedule.Expr, err)
+			log.Printf("[cron] failed to compute next run for expr '%s' in timezone '%s': %v", schedule.Expr, timezoneStr, err)
 			return nil
 		}
 		
-		nextMS := nextTime.UnixMilli()
+		// Convert the calculated next time back to UTC Unix milli for storage
+		nextMS := nextTime.UTC().UnixMilli()
 		return &nextMS
 	}
 

pkg/tools/cron.go

@@ -173,6 +173,11 @@ func (t *CronTool) addJob(args map[string]any) *ToolResult {
 			Kind: "cron",
 			Expr: cronExpr,
 		}
+        
+		// Get timezone if present in args
+		if tz, ok := args["timezone"].(string); ok && tz != "" {
+			schedule.TZ = tz  // Set timezone on cron schedule
+		}
 	} else {
 		return ErrorResult("one of at_seconds, every_seconds, or cron_expr is required")
 	}