🏛️ Museum of Time Crimes

A curated collection of real-world time bugs and the disasters they caused. Learn from the pain of others so you don't repeat their mistakes.

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it... at 2:30 AM during DST."
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Crime of the Week

Featured Time Disaster

The 2:30 AM Cron Job Massacre

Every spring, millions of cron jobs scheduled at 2:30 AM simply vanish into the void. This time doesn't exist during daylight saving transitions, causing backup scripts, billing processes, and maintenance tasks to silently fail.

DSTCronSilent Failure
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DST Disasters

Spring forward, fall back, systems crash. The twice-yearly chaos of daylight saving time.

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Midnight Mayhem

When the clock strikes twelve, chaos ensues. Date boundaries and timezone confusion.

The Billing System MeltdownCross-Timezone Date Confusion
UTC vs Local Time Confusion(Coming Soon)
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Leap Year Lunacy

February 29th: the day that exists only sometimes. Chaos every four years.

Epoch Errors

Unix timestamps: simple in theory, catastrophic in practice. Seconds vs milliseconds.

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Timezone Terrors

When timezones attack: offset confusion, database chaos, and user frustration.

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Calendar Chaos

Week numbers, first day of week, and other calendar assumptions that break everything.

ISO Week 53 Surprise
First Day of Week Assumptions(Coming Soon)
Holiday Calculation Failures

🚨 Submit Your Time Crime

Have you been victimized by time? Share your horror story and help others avoid the same fate. The best submissions get featured in our hall of shame.