fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoLeap year software glitch closes fuel pumps across New Zealandwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1189arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
arrow-up1185arrow-down1external-linkLeap year software glitch closes fuel pumps across New Zealandwww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square17fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: world@lemmy.world
minus-squareDeceptichum@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up43arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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-down2·1 year 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-squarePapaStevesylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoSurely you can do all that without tying the functioning of the entire pumping system directly to the time stamp though, right?
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?