Posted
12/30/2008 09:46:00 PM
by Douglas
Damn leap second. I hate it when December 31
st has 86,401 seconds instead of the normal
86,400That's why the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) occasionally adds a "leap second" to the world's timescale to keep internationally defined time and the Earth's rhythms in synch.
As a result, thousands of organisations across the world will be adjusting their clocks from midnight.
Just think. All those people that are going to be a second late for work on Monday. It's going to be pure bedlam.