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Adobe and Apple Didn't Unit Test For "Forward Date" Bugs. Do You?

Posted by timothy on from the everyone-misses-a-few dept.

llamafirst writes "As the year flipped to 2013, we learned that Adobe and Apple don't test for "forward date" bugs. Adobe prevented any copy of FrameMaker 10 from launching and Apple broke Do Not Disturb for the first week of 2013. Surely some more critical and safety systems also have lurking issues. Got tips for catching time/date bugs 'from the mysterious future?' (Also, obligatory link to Falsehoods programmers believe about time.)"

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  1. Why? by gr8_phk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Got tips for catching time/date bugs "from the mysterious future"?

    Why does software functionality depend on the date? Calculation issues maybe... but failure to lauch? WTF? I'm most curious to learn how this even happens.

  2. Forward testing by fyngyrz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, there was no point in forward testing after Dec 21, 2012, you see.

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