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Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨BrikoX@lemmy.zip⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.zip⁩

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/leap-year-glitch-broke-self-pay-pumps-across-new-zealand-for-over-10-hours/

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  • Sabre363@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Did somebody forget about y2k

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    • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The kids they hired to code these things were born after y2k.

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      • JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Full stack apparently doesn’t include datetime.

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  • Flyberius@hexbear.net ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s the sort of software bug I’d have introduced by creating my own date library rather than using a tried and tested one.

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  • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    obligatory

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