--- title: Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software... description: Gas station payment systems in New Zealand broke on Leap Day due to a software glitch, causing an outage that lasted over 10 hours. In-house payment solutions... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/self-pay-gas-station-pumps-break-across-nz-as-software-can-t-handle-leap-day-lugv1uq0r twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day | daily.dev og:description: Gas station payment systems in New Zealand broke on Leap Day due to a software glitch, causing an outage that lasted over 10 hours. In-house payment solutions... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/self-pay-gas-station-pumps-break-across-nz-as-software-can-t-handle-leap-day-lugv1uq0r og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/LUGv1UQ0r.png og:image:alt: Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Self-pay gas station pumps break across NZ as software can’t handle Leap Day **[Ars Technica](https://daily.dev/sources/arstechnica)** · 6 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Gas station payment systems in New Zealand broke on Leap Day due to a software glitch, causing an outage that lasted over 10 hours. In-house payment solutions like BP fuel cards and the Waitomo app still worked. The CEO of Invenco Group confirmed the glitch was caused by the leap year and investigations are underway. The outage highlighted the extent of reliance on technology and its potential to disrupt businesses. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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