Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day::“We’ll add it to our Outlook reminders…”
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And THAT’S why you don’t roll your own datetime class/column format. It’s a solved problem, people!
Hahah, this reminds me of that time (long ago) when a very old version of our software would also simply crash when attempting to use it on a leap day. When customers called in, all we could do was tell them to wait until tomorrow, and that the problem wouldn’t return for at least another four years.
Did they not have automatic pumps 4 years ago?
More falsehoods programmers believe about time; “wisdom of the crowd” edition
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