This year has really dragged on for me. Compared to the last couple this year feels like it’s lasted forever. I hear people at work say things like, ‘I can’t believe it’s already October,’ or ‘Christmas is just around the corner,’ but I think that’s just out of habit.
“Am I going crazy or has this year felt longer than usual?” I asked a friend this afternoon.
“It’s that leap second,” she said. “It’s thrown everything out of wack.”
“Leap second?”
“Yeah, every few years or so they adjust universal time by a second. The earth’s rotation varies slightly so a second is added or removed to make up for it.”
I was absolutely amazed; sure the process seemed strange and unnecessarily pedantic, but what really astounded me was my friend’s claim that she could feel the difference.
“Am I going crazy or has this year felt longer than usual?” I asked a friend this afternoon.
“It’s that leap second,” she said. “It’s thrown everything out of wack.”
“Leap second?”
“Yeah, every few years or so they adjust universal time by a second. The earth’s rotation varies slightly so a second is added or removed to make up for it.”
I was absolutely amazed; sure the process seemed strange and unnecessarily pedantic, but what really astounded me was my friend’s claim that she could feel the difference.