[mark-r]

It's difficult to write bug-free code for events that happen very infrequently. Even more so when the distributed nature of the system makes effective testing under real-world conditions nearly impossible.

[greglindahl]

Yeah, that's exactly why Leap Day getting skipped every 4th year is such a disaster.

[macintux]

The ratio of embedded systems that care about the calendar to those that care about time has to be astronomical.