Today is Leap Day, meaning that for the first time in four years, it's February 29.
But that unique calendar date broke gas station payment systems across New Zealand for much of the day.
As reported by numerous international outlets, self-serve pumps in New Zealand were unable to accept card payments due to a problem with the gas pumps' payment processing software.
This effectively shuttered some gas stations, while others had to rely on in-store payments.
The gas pump breakdown sent stakeholders into a frenzy as they tried to resolve the problem caused by software being unequipped to process the bonus day.
RNZ reported speaking to someone who was declined service by four gas stations due to the outage.
A representative for Petroleum, when prompted via Facebook to "maybe remember Leap Day in four years' time," responded:. »