Second thoughts? Countries delay leap second decision until 2023: UN
Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 08:10
in Psychology & Sociology
It is no split-second decision. In fact, countries are at such odds over whether to do away with the "leap second"—an extra second periodically added to compensate for irregularities in the earth's rotation around the sun—that they have put off deciding the matter until 2023, the United Nations announced Thursday.