It's time for a leap second!!!

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/25/leap.second.reut/index.html

Quote :

""Enjoy New Year's Eve a second longer," the institute said in an explanatory notice. "You can toot your horn an extra second this year." Coordinated Universal Time coincides with winter time in London. On the U.S. East Coast, the extra second occurs just before 7 p.m. on New Year's Eve. Atomic clocks at that moment will read 23:59:60 before rolling over to all zeros. A leap second is added to keep uniform timekeeping within 0.9 second of the Earth's rotational time, which can speed up or slow down because of many factors, including ocean tides. The first leap second was added on June 30, 1972, according to NIST, an arm of the U.S. Commerce Department.... ...Although it is possible to have a negative leap second -- that is, a second deducted from Coordinated Universal Time -- so far all have been add-ons, reflecting the Earth's general slowing trend due to tidal breaking."

[Edited on December 25, 2005 at 8:54 PM. Reason : quote]

12/25/2005 8:49:25 PM

i read a story similar to that earlier

first one in 7 years

12/25/2005 8:54:11 PM

so are you going to be that asshole who complains that we should wait that extra second to celebrate?

12/25/2005 8:59:14 PM

new years is just another excuse for me to quit cigarettes

12/25/2005 9:06:16 PM

nope...if you read the article/my quote the extra second effects the east coast just b4 7pm...they'll have already held the time so there's no point to celebrate an extra second b/c we would have already done it at 7...if that is you're already out celebrating new year's eve at that time

12/25/2005 9:09:39 PM

elkaybie bringin the knowledge!

12/25/2005 9:12:00 PM