Randall Munroe's tweet - "I created a Google Calendar event in the year 7777 CE, but the start time in the confirmation email is off by an hour from the one in the calendar. I love imagining the heavy sigh from whoever handles this bug report. "

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I created a Google Calendar event in the year 7777 CE, but the start time in the confirmation email is off by an hour from the one in the calendar. I love imagining the heavy sigh from whoever handles this bug report.

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Total of 56 replies and 14 quotes found

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Tristan Dyer

@tristandyer

Nah, turns out in 5437 we get rid of daylight savings so it’s actually correct!

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aran

@arancaytar

Urgency: minor

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Some nerd

@KhanShotFirst

It's not an hour off from 7:07, it's ten minutes off from 7:77.

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Sean Murthy 🇺🇦 smurthys@mastodon.social

@smurthys

Second time in the last 15 minutes that I thank someone on Twitter for using CE. 🙏 twitter.com/smurthys/statu…

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TNCannuck

@TNCannuck

At my last job, I submitted a PTO request for the week of the Unix epoch rollover.

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Joni Moilanen

@Jemm

Their reaction: pic.twitter.com/QjHQ14JSor

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Ron Avitzur

@RonAvitzur

I hope Stanley Rabinowitz ended up at Google, and the bug report lands on his desk. 1983 DEC Software Performance Report: sar.informatik.hu-berlin.de/teaching/2014-… pic.twitter.com/KkMSQO8p8a

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Ian Flanigan

@jumpingflan

*heavy sigh* I work on how Google Calendar deals with time zones. The hour discrepancy is because the Google Calendar web client only knows about a limited number of DST transitions, so the client doesn't know that July is going to be in DST in the year 7777.

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T. Marshall Eubanks

@TM_Eubanks

From the data back to 720 BC the fit gives an estimate for UT1-IAT of 1.329 days on 7777 AD. So, either we've kept up with the leap seconds, or you're on the wrong day. (from dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2… ) pic.twitter.com/1cUNIjoXlL

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William Jennings

@William32877306

Maybe we can use that as, like, a bus stop for long-range time travel.

jacob

@Jacb_M

this is actually due to the convergence of daytime act in 6134 CE, not a bug

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Jason

@TransJasonLives

Are they time travellers or did immortality get figured out 😂 pic.twitter.com/Hjd4wxSSuo

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Evan𓅓

@OGDesa

I'd just mark it as resolved and hope to never hear from you again 😂

Nate the product muppet

@natebjones

Siri what is an edge case

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Derek Smart

@dsmart

lol! You monster! 😂😂

Disgruntled Gifted Kid Emeritus

@braindouche

The best QA is Chaotic Good

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Valentina

@valtinala

That will be my sisters 7777th birthday. Should be a nice party

David Germain

@echosdedavid

Le plaisir de trouver des bugs étranges et inusités.

Aidan Miles

@aidanhmiles

The way we measure time totally makes sense, especially DST

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Adam: High Council Gentleman

@Tarmaarn

@lymang

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Rushit Saliya

@rushitsaliya

Dude, what did Google Calendar ever do to you that you're willing to hurt it this badly?

Minister for Birds

@Birb_Boiii

Too many 7's it got fed up with them that's all

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Ed Gruberman

@E_Gruberman

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Mike Eller

@Michael_Eller

I think the key is that only 2 of the 7 invited guests have accepted. With 3 maybes and 2 not answering how can Randall plan for the event?

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Sönke Fleßner

@sflol

I guess it's an instant "Close - won't do". 😇

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Kevin Coulombe

@stonkieme

Try to sync that calendar to say outlook and see if anything crashes!

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🇺🇦 Fediverse: @AnachronistJohn@zia.io

@AnachronistJohn

"Since the difference comparing now and the confirmation with now and the calendar is only 0.000001982412%, #wontfix." -Google, probably.

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Sue Doe-Nimm

@SueDoeNimm3

I imagining various expletives along with that sigh.

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Frosty

@fr0sty__

In the Jewish calendar, year 7777 is not *that* far.

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Esdras Martinez

@EsdrasMartinez_

Oh no! You are going to miss your meeting

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@aragunde

@jedux

Cameron Neil

@CameronNeil

😂😂😂😅

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Angela Scholder

@AngelaScholder

I guess nobody is going to see that, as either we've managed to eradicate ourselves, but maybe by that time there might be new archaeologists trying to figure out what happened to us...