July will arrive a little late this year – one second late, to be exact.
Time will stand still for one second this evening (June 30) as a "leap second" is added to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), the time standard by which most clocks are regulated. The International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service (IERS), which keeps track of time for the world, has decided that the extra second is needed to deal with Earth's irregular but gradually slowing rotation.
Quickly, somebody lead an expidition to the center of the Earth and wind it back up. Or put jet engines on all the mountains so we can speed it back up.
Quickly, somebody lead an expidition to the center of the Earth and wind it back up. Or put jet engines on all the mountains so we can speed it back up.
