On June 30, everyone gets an extra second. Yes, the day will be one second longer than the previous day because of a leap second. You might think the leap second is just like a leap day. Well, it's ...

This year, June 30 will be one whole second longer, and computers may get confused and wreak havoc on online servers. The Paris-based International Earth Rotation Service announced this week that it ...

Pop quiz: How many seconds are in a day? If you guessed 86,400, you’d be right—except on June 30, 2015, when an extra second is being added to the clock. This additional unit of time, dubbed a “leap ...

Extra second could potentially screw up your computers. — -- If tomorrow feels longer than your normal Tuesday, you're not imagining it. A leap second will be added to the clock on the last day ...

The last time a leap second was added, it caused issues for some websites. — -- If today feels a bit longer, there's a reason for it. A leap second will be added to the clock to account for a ...

On June 30, the world will receive a gift of time: a single, extra second known as a “leap second.” At that moment, the official atomic clocks that keep Universal Coordinated Time will mark the time ...

Tonight, at 23:59:59 on June 30, a leap second will be added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Instead of the clock rolling around to 00:00:00 on July 1 as per usual, the time will actually jump to ...

The latest leap second couldn't have come at a worse time. It arrives today, June 30, the same day that Greece is due to repay its 2010 bailout loan to the International Monetary Fund. In all ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The leap second’s days, so to speak, are numbered. Late last year ...

The year 2017 isn’t coming as soon as you think. In fact, it will be exactly one second late. On Dec. 31, 2016, the international time keeping community will tack an additional second, known as a leap ...

The leap second may live on for at least another three years. Once or twice a year, the leap second can be tacked on to synchronize atomic clocks — the world's scientific timekeepers — with Earth's ...

It won't be a leap year until 2016, but this year we will be getting an extra second. The Universal Time czars at the International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) in Paris ...