Temporal flux: why we need to keep adding leap seconds

By David Parkinson, the University of Queensland
Updated July 13 2015 - 10:13am, first published July 1 2015 - 2:25pm
There will be an extra second between 09:59:59 and 10:00:00 on July 1, 2015. Photo: Simon Schluter
There will be an extra second between 09:59:59 and 10:00:00 on July 1, 2015. Photo: Simon Schluter

On Wednesday at precisely 10am Australian Eastern Standard time, something chronologically peculiar took place: there was an extra second between 09:59:59 and 10:00:00.

Subscribe now for unlimited access.

$0/

(min cost $0)

or signup to continue reading

See subscription options

Get the latest Bendigo news in your inbox

Sign up for our newsletter to stay up to date.

We care about the protection of your data. Read our Privacy Policy.