fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoLeap year software glitch closes fuel pumps across New Zealandwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1181arrow-down1external-linkLeap year software glitch closes fuel pumps across New Zealandwww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squarePapaStevesy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23arrow-down2·8 months agoWhy does the fuel pump need to know what date it is?
minus-squareDeceptichum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoSo they can log how much is being used, track how old it is, etc. Why wouldn’t a company want to have the date alongside their inventory and sales.
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·8 months agoCause the actual date doesn’t matter. You log epoch time, and convert as needed. Though the as-needed convert may be the issue.
minus-squarePapaStevesy@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoSurely you can do all that without tying the functioning of the entire pumping system directly to the time stamp though, right?
minus-squareNABDad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·8 months agoAccording to the article, it’s the payment processing system.
Why does the fuel pump need to know what date it is?
So they can log how much is being used, track how old it is, etc.
Why wouldn’t a company want to have the date alongside their inventory and sales.
Cause the actual date doesn’t matter.
You log epoch time, and convert as needed.
Though the as-needed convert may be the issue.
Surely you can do all that without tying the functioning of the entire pumping system directly to the time stamp though, right?
According to the article, it’s the payment processing system.