U.S. Naval Observatory to Add Leap Second to Clocks
By Richard Chasey, posted on January 5th, 2009 in Would You Believe?
Originally Published by Earth Today
On December 31, 2008 a “leap second” was added to the world’s clocks at 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).
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