Was NZ the only country to fall over today?

kiwifidget:

 

Was NZ the only country to fall over today?

 

Well, we are the only country that still has a leap day every four years. 

No stories of petrol pumps elsewhere yet?
Being the first we may have taken one for the team.
Other places getting some warning to patch/reboot?

In Australia the Federal Police caused a stir by sending out a message declaring it a day to delete your social media.
Once every 4 year spring clean not a bad idea? 
https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/delete-this-australian-federal-police-hammered-on-social-media-after-bizarre-leap-year-joke-amid-asio-chaos/news-story/1da5ea993c61cab23d6ffdb7a06fd178

Extra Day of Income could also save Australia from Recession
https://www.skynews.com.au/business/finance/leap-day-could-see-66-billion-boost-to-australias-economy/video/f23bc6d1251979741f92b600de403119

We could supercharge our economy by adding a leap week or month! 

An interview with John Scott from Invenco on this. Apparently it was due to a NZ only covid related patch that introduced the issue. 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018928236/fuel-pump-outage-blamed-on-leap-day

littlehead:

 

An interview with John Scott from Invenco on this. Apparently it was due to a NZ only covid related patch that introduced the issue. 

 

 

 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/morningreport/audio/2018928236/fuel-pump-outage-blamed-on-leap-day

 

COVID related!?

"What was the problem?"

"There was an issue with the date"

This is the stupidest comment ever. 

Also shows, no regression testing?

To be fair, plenty of Leap Year bugs around the world. Some small and funny, some larger: Ask HN: Did you encounter any leap year bugs today? | Hacker News (ycombinator.com)

Today, 1 Mar 24, on the Wairarapa line to Wellington

SaltyNZ:

COVID related!?

https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX617043/citrix-hdx-service-fails-on-29th-february

and this one