A whole raft of software failing on the 29th of February, from Citrix' virtual machine software, to Sophos Server, to self-service petrol pumps in New Zealand, once again proved that programmers still have no contingency plan to deal with Leap Day.
The New Zealand Herald (via Ars Technica), noted that petrol pumps across the country were out of action for ‘more than ten hours’ due to the bug, which affects New Zealand first due to where it is in the world - or, more thrillingly, the magic of spacetime.
