Fuel pumps broken, street lights turned off, video games blocked… another bunch of hiccups this February 29. Police computers had been temporarily blocked in Bulgaria, as had the Japanese weather services.

Parisian public lighting was completely cut off during the night from Wednesday to Thursday. Travelers who flew on planes of the Colombian airline Avianca were treated to a little scare, when some tickets were allegedly printed on the wrong date. The telephone system of an Australian hospital also apparently malfunctioned.