diff -aur dcron-4.4/database.c dcron-4.4.new/database.c
--- dcron-4.4/database.c	2010-01-18 16:27:31.000000000 +0100
+++ dcron-4.4.new/database.c	2010-02-11 22:42:12.045860376 +0100
@@ -86,6 +86,17 @@
 };
 
 /*
+ * hash function to create JobNames when ID_TAG is missing
+ * Currently an sdbm, may be an other hash function is better.
+ */
+unsigned long hash(char *key)
+{
+        unsigned long h=0;
+        while(*key) h=*key++ + (h<<6) + (h<<16) - h;
+        return h;
+}
+
+/*
  * Check the cron.update file in the specified directory.  If user_override
  * is NULL then the files in the directory belong to the user whose name is
  * the file, otherwise they belong to the user_override user.
@@ -277,7 +288,7 @@
 						fclose(fi);
 					} else {
 						int succeeded = 0;
-						printlogf(LOG_NOTICE, "no timestamp found (user %s job %s)\n", file->cf_UserName, line->cl_JobName);
+						printlogf(LOG_NOTICE, "no timestamp found (user %s file %s)\n", file->cf_UserName, line->cl_Timestamp);
 						/* write a fake timestamp file so our initial NotUntil doesn't keep being reset every hour when crond does a SynchronizeDir */
 						if ((fi = fopen(line->cl_Timestamp, "w")) != NULL) {
 							if (strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), CRONSTAMP_FMT, localtime(&line->cl_NotUntil)))
@@ -370,6 +381,11 @@
 					break;
 
 				memset(&line, 0, sizeof(line));
+				
+				// Generating Hash ID, needed for @daily, hourly & CO when no ID_TAG was added
+				unsigned long h = hash(ptr);
+				line.hash = strdup("xxxxxxxx");
+				sprintf(line.hash, "%ld", h%100000000);
 
 				if (DebugOpt)
 					printlogf(LOG_DEBUG, "User %s Entry %s\n", userName, buf);
@@ -595,10 +611,6 @@
 					line.cl_Description = NULL;
 					line.cl_JobName = NULL;
 				}
-				if (ptr && line.cl_Delay > 0 && !line.cl_JobName) {
-					printlogf(LOG_WARNING, "failed parsing crontab for user %s: writing timestamp requires job %s to be named\n", userName, ptr);
-					ptr = NULL;
-				}
 				if (!ptr) {
 					/* couldn't parse so we abort; free any cl_Waiters */
 					if (line.cl_Waiters) {
@@ -621,7 +633,12 @@
 				line.cl_Shell = strdup(ptr);
 
 				if (line.cl_Delay > 0) {
-					if (!(line.cl_Timestamp = concat(TSDir, "/", userName, ".", line.cl_JobName, NULL))) {
+					if (!line.cl_JobName) { 
+						line.cl_Timestamp = concat(TSDir, "/", userName, ".", line.hash, NULL);
+					} else {
+						line.cl_Timestamp = concat(TSDir, "/", userName, ".", line.cl_JobName, NULL);
+					}
+					if (!line.cl_Timestamp) {
 						errno = ENOMEM;
 						perror("SynchronizeFile");
 						exit(1);
@@ -884,6 +901,7 @@
 		} else {
 			*pline = line->cl_Next;
 			free(line->cl_Shell);
+			free(line->hash);
 
 			if (line->cl_JobName)
 				/* this frees both cl_Description and cl_JobName
diff -aur dcron-4.4/defs.h dcron-4.4.new/defs.h
--- dcron-4.4/defs.h	2010-01-16 03:17:04.000000000 +0100
+++ dcron-4.4.new/defs.h	2010-02-11 22:19:53.789328185 +0100
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
     char	cl_Days[32];	/* 1-31					*/
     char	cl_Mons[12];	/* 0-11				*/
     char	cl_Dow[7];	/* 0-6, beginning sunday		*/
+    char	*hash;
 } CronLine;
 
 typedef struct CronWaiter {