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Post by Sukhanwar on Dec 11, 2008 12:01:21 GMT 5
Dec. 9, 2008 -- With a brutal economic slowdown, 2008 may feel as if it will never end. Now the world's timekeepers are making it even longer by adding a leap second to the last day of the year.
Along with the economy, the Earth itself is slowing down, requiring timekeepers to add an extra second to their atomic clocks to keep in sync with Earth's slightly slowing rotation. So an extra second will be tacked on to Dec. 31 after 6:59:59 p.m. and before 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
That extra second will make 2008 -- already long with an extra day on Feb. 29 -- the longest year since 1992.
The decision to add an extra second was made by an international consortium of timekeepers, whose American arm announced it Monday. World commerce and digital technology depend on accurate to-the-second timekeeping, said Geoff Chester, spokesman for the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington, responsible for one-third of the world's atomic clocks.
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Raheel
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Post by Raheel on Dec 11, 2008 13:14:03 GMT 5
Thank you for the information, Razi Bhai.
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Post by jooni on Dec 13, 2008 0:03:21 GMT 5
Razi Bhai,
Dilchasp information kay liye boht Shukriya aap ka.
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Post by shahkaar on Dec 13, 2008 20:40:26 GMT 5
thanx razi bhai
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Post by Atif Mirza on Dec 14, 2008 1:45:44 GMT 5
What a NEWS!
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