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| From | docdwarf@panix.com () |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.software.year-2000 |
| Subject | Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! |
| Date | 2012-03-13 01:32 +0000 |
| Organization | Public Access Networks Corp. |
| Message-ID | <jjm846$di1$1@reader1.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <jj0oo5$8r6$1@news.albasani.net> <jj0pfr$q9e$1@reader1.panix.com> <jjlj80$ddq$1@news.albasani.net> |
In article <jjlj80$ddq$1@news.albasani.net>, Steve Dover <sw0rdf1sh@att.net> wrote: >docdwarf@panix.com wrote: >> In article <jj0oo5$8r6$1@news.albasani.net>, >> Steve Dover <sw0rdf1sh@att.net> wrote: >>> <http://www.wired.com/cloudline/2012/02/leap-day-azure-outage/> >>> >>> Unreal. Here we are 12 years post y2k, and Microsoft >>> manages to screw up something so simple that a 5th grader >>> would have no problem dealing with. >> >> But... it happened in The Cloud. Everything's supposed to be there >> nowadays, or so I'm told. > >The word on the screwup: > >To add one year to a date, >you just bump the year up by 1. > >So, one year from 2012-02-29 is 2013-02-29. > >NOT! Hmmmmmm... reminds me of a time, long ago, when I was working on an application and a Corner Office Idiot wanted a look-ahead to six months from the day the program was running. 'How long are six months?', I asked. 'What are you talking about? All ya gotta do is convert the month to a number and add six', he sneered. 'That might work for January through June... but what's six months from August?', I replied. He made a face... and I just looked at him. The guy sitting to his right worked his fingers and said 'February'. 'Good!', I encouraged, '... and what's six months from August 29th?' DD
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Microsoft - leap day Fail! Steve Dover <sw0rdf1sh@att.net> - 2012-03-04 15:57 -0600
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! docdwarf@panix.com () - 2012-03-04 22:14 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! Steve Dover <sw0rdf1sh@att.net> - 2012-03-12 14:33 -0500
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! docdwarf@panix.com () - 2012-03-13 01:32 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! Dr J R Stockton <reply1211@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-03-14 21:29 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! docdwarf@panix.com () - 2012-03-15 01:07 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! Dr J R Stockton <reply1211@merlyn.demon.co.uk.not.invalid> - 2012-03-16 20:15 +0000
Re: Microsoft - leap day Fail! docdwarf@panix.com () - 2012-03-17 00:44 +0000
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