Leap second

[pne]

Whoohoo!

At "long last"[*], there'll be a leap second again this year at the end of December, according to the email I just received!

So 2008-12-31T23:59:59 (UTC) will be followed by 2008-12-31T23:59:60.

Go and spread the word!

...I'm such a geek.

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[*] Leap seconds have historically come roughly every 18 months, but it's been three years since the last one, and the last one before that was seven years earlier. (They don't come regularly since they depend on the earth's rotation speed, which is a bit irregular and hard to predict much in advance.)

Comments

[leighbug]

Yay! More time!

[connie]

That's sort of neat. I had never heard of such a thing before!

[pne.livejournal.com]

Yes! I can sleep for one second longer that night!

[leighbug]

Or 1 more second of LJ time...! :D

[schnurble.livejournal.com]

You're going to sleep on Sylvester?
I'll use the extra second for an extra long sip of sekt when toasting to the new year :o)

[pne.livejournal.com]

Remember that the leap second will be at 00:59:60 in Germany, though, since we're one hour ahead of UTC in winter!

And whether or not I stay awake until midnight, I don't expect to be awake at one o'clock.