livescience.com — By international agreement, the world's timekeepers, in order to keep their official atomic clocks in step with the world's irregular but gradually slowing rotation, have decreed that a Leap Second be inserted between 2008 and 2009.
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Closed AccountDec 27, 2008
The world's timekeepers are adding a leap second to the last day...
chrysaliiDec 27, 2008
lousy Smarch weather.
metasquaresDec 28, 2008
Their motto could be "we make the world go round" :)
cg4etDec 28, 2008
I guess you can't win them all. :)
emt1451Dec 29, 2008
While I think it does make sense to base time off of the rotation of the earth - I wish it was in the base-10 system. Also, it's stupid that the number of days in each month varies.
aulerDec 31, 2008
But, never mind.
divemasterdougDec 31, 2008
Great one more second of Bush! s**t!