Answer by darklion for When does `cron.daily` run?

For SuSE systems (specifically SLES 11.1 and openSuSE 10.3) the daily run time of the /etc/cron.daily scripts is controlled by the value of the DAILY_TIME variable set in the /etc/sysconfig/cron file.

If the DAILY_TIME variable is not set, it defaults to: (time of last boot + 15 minutes).