Ann*
25-12-2005, 09:57
Story here! (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/24122005/80/new-year-s-day-2006-delayed-second.html)
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View Full Version : New Year's Day to be delayed.... Ann* 25-12-2005, 09:57 Story here! (http://uk.news.yahoo.com/24122005/80/new-year-s-day-2006-delayed-second.html) Grissom 25-12-2005, 20:05 Good excuse to delay my new-years resolutions :thumbsup: Rich 25-12-2005, 20:13 WTF?! :shocked: Cyclone 25-12-2005, 22:05 nothing unusual, fractions of a second are often inserted at midnight on new years eve in order to keep the measured time in line with the rotation of the earth. It needs to happen because the rotation period isn't quite exactly 24hrs as measured by our atomic clocks. MTheo 25-12-2005, 22:06 Originally posted by Cyclone nothing unusual, fractions of a second are often inserted at midnight on new years eve in order to keep the measured time in line with the rotation of the earth. It needs to happen because the rotation period isn't quite exactly 24hrs as measured by our atomic clocks. yeah....what he said :D |