It might not have anything to do with the date, it could be a glitch in the navigation system that has trouble handling the '180 deg' meridian....
Or, it could be that the system requires a hard start every 24 hrs and when the date rolled over, it checked its log, restarted and came up in a limited mode....
It's not hard to imagine at all how this could happen. I take it you don't work with complex SW systems.
As a matter of fact I do... and thanks for talking down to me anyway, as if you don't know anything about me.
I guess since you've had your say, there's nothing left for lowly little me to comment on. I guess the robots that I have in service in Iraq and Afghanistan are of no use whatsoever.
Well, enough fun here. Time for a beer. Later.