Get ready for a new time zone and beware of the negative leap second. www.beflagrant.com/blog/tim...
#Development #TimeZone #LeapSecond #Time #Programming #Science

#LeapDay occurs every 4 years but there have been 27 leap #seconds since 1972

These are the result of inconsistencies between the Earth's rotation and the #atomicclock but scientists have recently decided these extra seconds may be more trouble than they're worth

#UTC #time #leapsecond #clock

Earth’s Unusual Rapid Spin Could Prompt First-Ever ‘Negative Leap Second’ Since 2020, Earth has been rotating unusually fast on its axis, leading scientists to consider whether we should correct for the shorter days.

Earth’s Unusual Rapid Spin Could Prompt First-Ever ‘Negative Leap Second’ #Technology #Other #EarthScience #Timekeeping #LeapSecond

Earth just had a freakishly short day, but the fastest day of the year is yet to come July 9 was unusually short thanks to changes in how fast the Earth is spinning. But two other days this summer are expected to be even shorter.

Here's a Live Science article with a few quotes from me: Earth just had a freakishly short day, but the fastest day of the year is yet to come www.livescience.com/planet-earth...
#time #utc #earth #leapsecond

FC in 40 seconds:

#FC #FC2025 #1SE #LeapSecond

No Leap Second Added: What It Means for 2024 - Rocky Mountain Atheists The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS) has confirmed that 2024 will not have a leap second added.

No Leap Second Added: What It Means for 2024

rockymountainatheists.ca/post/no-leap...

#RockyMountainAtheists #rma #WesternCanadaReason #wecanreason #freedomfromreligion #criticalthinking #skeptics #science #TechandSleep #IERS #EarthRotation #LeapSecond #Timekeeping

You've seen the monthly compilations...now here's the whole shebang! A year in the life of Levi Zealand Wardley, one second at a time! #LeviZ #IoWardley #Leapsecond https://youtu.be/OTuLbAM-7cE

After that, will the Commonwealth then ditch the #LeapSecond? https://x.com/BobFrankston/status/840672590209380353

I hope everyone on tomorrow's @HammerschlagLab #SharkScience trip adjusted their clocks for the #LeapSecond , I hate tardiness.

I hope everyone made the best of their #LeapSecond tonight. I used mine to cure sleep blindness.

I spent my leap second writing this tweet. #NoRegrets #leapsecond

Idly wondering who would win in a fight between the Speaking Clock and @BBC_GTS #leapsecond

What's everyone gonna do with their #LeapSecond tonight?

What are you going to do with your #leapsecond? http://bbc.in/1JurjeO

Any plans for tonight's #leapsecond?

The #leapsecond made the local news. Is this the real life?

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'Leap second' added for first time in three years Midnight came later on Tuesday as for the first time in t...

What are your plans for your extra second today? http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-33313347 #leapsecond

Last Week Tonight - Spend Your Leap Second Here! On June 30th at 11:59PM, the atomic clocks will add an ex...

If you’re not sure what to do with your #leapsecond today, spend it with @iamjohnoliver’s “secs tapes”: http://spendyourleapsecondhere.com/

Can't help but feel I've already wasted my #LeapSecond...

Resolve Leap Second Issues in Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Red Hat Customer Portal Red Hat has put together a comprehensive guide on the 2016 leap second issue to prepare and prevent any problems or downtime while using Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

Are you ready??? #LINUX #LEAPSECOND https://access.redhat.com/articles/15145

FreeBSD Support for Leap Seconds A short description of how leap seconds are handled on FreeBSD

Are you ready? #FreeBSD #LEAPSECOND www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/arti...

Boahr watt freu ich mich endlich mal wieder so richtig ausschlafen zu können.
#Schaltsekunde #leapsecond

You leap first, I’ll #leapsecond.

#OkBye *runs away*

We get a bonus #LeapSecond soon! Finally, time to exercise.

Aaahh, that was a nice #leapsecond - 23:59:60 - I enjoyed it :)

Surprised there is no @leapsecondbug account. Someone get on that. #lazyweb #leapsecond