fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 个月前Leap year software glitch closes fuel pumps across New Zealandwww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up1190arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1186arrow-down1external-linkLeap year software glitch closes fuel pumps across New Zealandwww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 个月前message-square17fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareDeceptichumlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up44arrow-down1·edit-211 个月前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.
minus-squaremipadaitu@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·11 个月前Cause 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-up5·11 个月前Surely 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?