Fuel pumps refuse payment, smartwatches stop – all part of the rich tapestry of computer calendars
This kludge prevents our seasons from drifting out of whack, but it presents a problem for computers and software, which have to be programmed to account for the extra day to avoid error conditions and incorrect data.
In New Zealand, which has a head start on most of the world, it was payment systems at fuel pumps that have just staggered back to their feet after a nationwide outage lasting more than ten hours. Many locations closed their pumps for the duration, though in-house solutions like Waitomo's app worked just fine, presumably because they are professionally coded to deal with February 29 appropriately.Gull spokesperson Julien Leys said companies using Invenco terminals were suffering a leap year bug.
While everything was"fine," this was mainly due to intense efforts by technology teams to expand date fields or window them, as explained in our
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