No doubt you've probably heard of leap year. If not, click here and you'll get up to speed for what you need to know about for this blog entry. Leap year 1 article. Leap year 2 article.
Well, now there is a thing called 'Leap Second'. What the heck is leap second? Indeed, it is an extra second that will be added on June 30th at 8pm.. Why? 'So that watches, computers, clocks and other time tracking devices can sync up with the Earth's slowing rotation...the 61 second minute threatens to make computer systems go haywire...'
For more information about tomorrows' leap second click on the next bunch of links: CNN, Google article titled 'Time, Technology and Leaping Seconds', Neil deGrasse Tyson's tweet on Leap Seconds,
ACMA/ITU article about Leap Second and Gizmodo's article about Leap Second.
Hopefully this is one second, that 'doesn't take a second'.
Regards,
Stu
