I have the following code called from an ir.cron entry.  The code works perfectly when 'Run Manually' but the record is not updated when run automatically.  Any ideas why ?  Does it have to be run under sudo ?

def reset_date(self):
    _logger.debug("Finding records with ecd < %s", fields.Date.context_today(self))
    records = self.env['module.name'].search([('ecd', '
    for record in records:
        if record.state == 'prelodged':
            _logger.debug("Checking dr with name %s for ecd < %s", record.name, \fields.datetime.now())
            record.write({'ecd': date.today()})