leap second
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2016 Will Gain An Extra Second On New Year’s Eve
The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), which sets the time which standardises the world’s clocks, just announced that it is tacking an extra second on to the end of 2016. What will you do with yours?
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Leap Second Explained: Why Moving From Astronomic To Atomic Time Is A Tricky Business
Most people would feel they can count on one day comprising the same number of hours, minutes and seconds as the next. But this isn’t always the case – June 30 will be a second longer this year with the addition of a leap second, added to reconcile the differences between two definitions of time:…