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June 30th 2015 will be one second longer,23:59:60June

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June 30 2015,23:59:60

Because Earth rotation is slowing ever so slightly, we occasionally need to add an extra second to re-stnc our super-precise atomic clocks to our planets rotation. But you know who’s not on board with that? Those damn computers, whose operating systems just can’t handle it. The last time we added a leap second in 2012,  it wreaked havoc across the internet

Lea seconds are governed by the Paris-based International Earth Rotation Service, Which this week announced its plan to make June 30, 2015 one second longer. This will be the 26th such leap second added since 1972