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Got a second? Today, you'll actually have an extra one, thanks to a "leap second" being added to the world's clocks.
Time measurement used to be based on the Earth's rotation; 24 hours was one day. With the invention of atomic clocks, which are more precise, it became apparent that there was a difference of about 2 milliseconds a day between the two systems of keeping time. Leap seconds can be added or subtracted to atomic clocks to keep them within 0.9 seconds of Earth's rotational time.
Today's extra second will be added at the U.S. Naval Observatory's Master Clock Facility in Washington at 6:59:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Don't squander it.
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Gee, if you hadn't brought it up, I wouldn't even noticed it. My clock and my watch are checked and corrected (if necessary)4 times a day, by the time signal out of Ft. Collins, CO. That clock and the clock at the Naval Observatory, keep the worlds most accurate time. Just think, the time is nearly perfect until the earths rotation gets out of whack.
This is why..
...God invented crossword puzzles and a flush toilet (A.K.A Men's Room).
No crossword puzzle-spend yer time reviewing Field and Stream.
A extra second?! I wouldn't notice the difference.
The only difference I do observe is the absence of paper on a roll...and I'm tired of getting cheesed in that area.
Alas-thank God for shower curtains. At least they're washable.
That 'Extra' Day
Now that, I squandered!
Forgot?
Forgot to mention the entire additional DAY during 2008?
2008 was a leap YEAR!