Microsoft blames leap year for Zune glitch

A malfunction of some Microsoft Corp. Zune music players was caused by an error in the way the device accounts for leap years, Microsoft said. In a statement on the Zune website, the company blamed "a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way...

A malfunction of some Microsoft Corp. Zune music players was caused by an error in the way the device accounts for leap years, Microsoft said. In a statement on the Zune website, the company blamed "a bug in the internal clock driver related to the way the device handles a leap year."

The year 2008 had 366 days instead of the usual 365.

Thousands of users found they could not use the 30-gigabyte Zune model, made in 2006. Microsoft called the issue "widespread."

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