This year will be just a second longer

Monday, December 8, 2008 - 18:07 in Psychology & Sociology

On Dec. 31 this year, your day will be just a second longer. Like the more well-known time adjustment, the leap year, a "leap second" is tacked on to clocks every so often to keep them correct.

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