Ok. I really don’t understand the huge importance one second can make on the average life of human beings. I mean “come on” - this is getting a bit rediculous now. Leap Year I can cope with, but A Leap Second??? That’s just being bloody minded and no mistake.
What would be the impact of ignoring the leap second in 2006?
Leap Seconds occur immediately before UTC midnight. Thus, by UK Civil Time, Winter Leap Seconds end at midnight, and Summer ones end at 1 a.m.
The UK formally uses GMT; thus our New Year starts during a positive Leap Second, when there is one in UTC December (NPL).
Apparently when you read into it - some info is here: LEAP STUFF the main reason we use “leap seconds” is to keep UTC (Universal Time) within 0.9 seconds of GMT (Greenwich Meantime)….so whilst there’s a science bit behind all this? I still don’t get the point!! I mean why must they remain within close relationship, why not just let them diverge? One is a legal time measure whilst the other is more of a scientific measure…Pah?!?! Now I’m really confused….
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most breaktrhoughs in scientific discoveries or anomalies in life have little significance to us. i m not concerned whether a leap second is gone or not. neither should you. =)