2016 will be 1 second longer
July 9, 2016 2016-07-09 11:562016 will be 1 second longer
2016 will be 1 second longer
The timekeepers at IERS, have announced that the year will be 1-second longer than what was planned. There are 2 ways of measuring time, one is based on the Earth’s rotation and the other is based on atomic clocks. The timekeepers have added an extra second to keep these 2 in sync.