The Gmail Bug

Well after The Zune Media Player had a Bug in the Module which Calculates the Leap Year Correction
(more info here).It started a Blame Game in the Entire Set Up of Microsoft Zune Division.
The Recent Layoffs were attributed to this fiasco.
Now, its the turn of Google it seems.

This one seemed Quite Surprising When Google's Product Gmail Suffers from a Bug in the section which Records the Time Elapsed from the Time the Mail was Received in your Inbox.
I have a Screenshot to Illustrate this.




It Shows the Time here as -2 Minutes Which Essentially means that there is still 2 minutes left for me to receive this mail :P

After few Minutes it doesn't show any discrepancy.
Here is another Screenshot after few Minutes.


Well,The Weirdest thing about both of these Bugs are that both of them are related to the Date and Time which are often Regarded as Trivial Part but then Even nitd_developers had been plagued with such problems during LibTimeManager 1.0.(so no Blame games ..)

So the Most Interesting Part is how to catch this Bug.
1) Well Anticipate a Mail (either ask your friend to mail you or do self-mail ).
2) Open the Mail within like 20 seconds after receiving the mail (The most Crucial Part).
3) Now check the Timing to the right of the show Details Hyperlink.
4) It should be Negative if the Bug is Consistent.(I didnt Check in all Browsers or in all Platforms .)

I just Hope that Everyone does their Counting Right :P


Do Post Comments if you do find more such Bugs.