AWS S3 overwrite won't work w/crontab

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The intention is to run the following command once a day to update the sf_events.json file in the TownSounds_Javascript/data directory:

/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/3.7/bin/aws s3 cp s3://sfbucket.bucket/sf_events.json /Users/Documents/TownSounds_Javascript/data/sf_events.json >> /Users/Documents/logs3.txt 2>&1

This command is entered on crontab as 03 23 * * *. However, the file is not being overwritten. The only way to successfully overwrite the file is to use * * * * * instead. The output logs appear normal, and it appears as though the command is being executed normally.

What could be the reason for the command not working with 03 23 * * *?

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The issue could be with the user permissions. When running the crontab with 03 23 * * *, it is possible that the user does not have the necessary permissions to overwrite the file. When running the crontab with * * * * *, the user running the command is the user who created the cron job, and thus has the necessary permissions to overwrite the file. To solve the issue, you can either run the cron job as the user who has the permissions to overwrite the file, or grant the necessary permissions to the user running the cron job with 03 23 * * *.