March 1, 2024
2:30 p.m.
On 2/29/24 14:22:47, Paul Eggert via tz wrote:
In related news, leap day also broke the issuance of driver's licenses in four prefectures in Japan. This occurred at about 20:15 local time, or 11:15 UTC, so it's not clear how the leap day caused the problem - perhaps a once-a-day app run after the end of the work day?
https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20240229-171789/
I could imagine such a problem's arising from an attempt to compute the expiration date by adding an odd number of years to the issue date. -- gil