December 2005

Tuesday, December 27, 2005

  • Reset Your Digital Watch, Saturday Night (19:14) - The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERRSS) will move time backward one second on December 31, 2005. An extra second will be added at the end of the year to to account for the slowing of the Earth's rotation. The IERRSS recognizes that our planet's pace of rotation is unpredictable, and will institute the first leap second in seven years. Normally the leap second is a nearly annual event....
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