Monthly Archives: December 2016

New Year’s Eve 2016 – One more second to celebrate…

2016 will be one second longer, so if it feels like a long year this might be the reason…. The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IRESS) which is the authority responsible for the measurement and distribution of time is adding one second to 2016. As a result the last minute December 31, 2016 will have […]