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@nixCraft someone has to make a leap of faith to investigate this
Corey Quinn (@[email protected])

β€œFor some reason our AWS bill spikes 4% in February once every four years. I don’t understand why.”

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@nixCraft I am confused about the joke or whatever here, could someone please explain? Thanks.
EDIT: someone explained it, but thanks to everyone!
lets see, what happens in february every 4 years? like this year.
@h0nza someone else explained it, but thanks!
@AverseABFun Every four years (with a few exceptions), February has an extra day (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_29), which means that the month of February on these years is around 4% longer.
February 29 - Wikipedia

@AverseABFun @nixCraft le dude's brain is unable to process an event that comes almost every 4 years in february, called 02/29

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2100-03-01: While past data clearly shows this pattern, it appears the problem has been resolved as of last month. [Closes ticket]

@nixCraft and it's always a presidential election year...

@nixCraft 4% seems wrong, should be 3.6%, maybe rounding error?

Nah, Aws just being greedy.