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December 26, 2005

2006 to be delayed by a second

Topics: General Science

How do you go about "delaying" 2006 by a second? Simple, you simply add a second to a minute!

Scientists are delaying the start of 2006 by the first "leap second" in seven years, a timing tweak meant to make up for changes in the Earth's rotation.
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If that really worked for real time, we'd all live longer.

Posted by Richard at December 26, 2005 9:34 PM



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