There's another big feature: You're not relying on the time zone to which the server was set (like with cron) but can explicitly specify a time zone:

Of course you can do this trivially in cron as well. It is what the CRON_TZ variable is for.

This is a GNU extension so not portable.

	▲	simoncion 31 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> This is a GNU extension so not portable. 1) It's supported by cronie. I bet it's supported by many other crons. 2) "Great" news! The software in the Systemd Project only officially runs on Linux, so "it's not portable" is a really bad counterargument when "alternatives to some Systemd Project feature" is the discussion topic.