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by sjc33 2300 days ago
My theory is that this was a leap year bug.
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You could very well be right, according to this[0] post on Twitter:

> Hey @RobinhoodApp did someone forget to add isleap() to your python module? Imagine losing thousands of dollars because someone didn’t code for the leap year. It’s looking for 3/03 data and throwing errors out the ass. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ESIuB4nXYAAYImF?format=jpg

[0]: https://twitter.com/jtech63/status/1234600045787394048

Or because Sunday starts daylight savings time.
That's next Sunday
Leap year is a more likely snag here.