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Script doesn't run via crontab but works fine standalone

I have a script that reminds me to restart my computer if uptime is more than, say 3 days (although its set to 0 days now just to check if the script is running as my computer has been up only over a ...
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'chmod u+x' versus 'chmod +x'

What is the difference between chmod u+x and just chmod +x? I have seen a ton of tutorials that say to use u+x to make scripts executable. However, the u is not mentioned in the chmod help or ...