A Leap Second

in #dspace • 7 years ago (edited)

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A leap second have been added to 2017 to compensate for a slowdown in Earths rotation. Even though it's a small difference in time, (taking 1,000 years to cause a 1 hour difference), if it wasn't corrected, it could result in clocks showing midday before sunrise.

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