L4sBot@lemmy.worldMB to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoSelf-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Dayarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square27fedilinkarrow-up1311arrow-down15file-text
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Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day::“We’ll add it to our Outlook reminders…”
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up55·9 months agoIt was millennia ago when I first read “don’t ship your own date/time library”. Guess these fellas somehow missed it. (I did this thing a while ago, but hopefully it doesn’t count since it’s a joke library)
minus-squarefenwickrysen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·9 months agoA decade ago Tom Scott was recorded for Computerphile with this hilarious an enlightening cautionary tale. Never, ever, write your own calendar code. https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY
minus-squareeattext@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoThat was excellent, thank you.
minus-squarePipedLinkBot@feddit.rocksBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 months agoHere is an alternative Piped link(s): https://piped.video/-5wpm-gesOY Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube. I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
minus-squareLazaroFilm@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·9 months agoDoes your September library break on leap Septembers?
minus-squareRikudou_Sage@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoI honestly have no idea, it’s been a while since I wrote it.
It was millennia ago when I first read “don’t ship your own date/time library”. Guess these fellas somehow missed it.
(I did this thing a while ago, but hopefully it doesn’t count since it’s a joke library)
A decade ago Tom Scott was recorded for Computerphile with this hilarious an enlightening cautionary tale. Never, ever, write your own calendar code.
https://youtu.be/-5wpm-gesOY
That was excellent, thank you.
Here is an alternative Piped link(s):
https://piped.video/-5wpm-gesOY
Piped is a privacy-respecting open-source alternative frontend to YouTube.
I’m open-source; check me out at GitHub.
Does your September library break on leap Septembers?
I honestly have no idea, it’s been a while since I wrote it.