Or you will miss tonight’s leap second.
Today’s extra second will be added at the U.S. Naval Observatory’s Master Clock Facility in Washington at 6:59:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Don’t squander it.
Wonder why they picked that time to record the leap second? Wouldn’t it have been a bit more fun to add it to the countdown to midnight?
10 .. 9 .. 8 .. 7 .. 6 .. 5 .. 4 .. 3 .. 2 .. 1 .. 1 ..
Heck, I’ll bet few would even notice 
Thanks Vivian.
This is going to make for great conversation during tonight’s party.
Posted by LittleDavid | Wednesday, December 31, 2008, 10:32 amWe realized after the fact that the added second was set for midnight Greenwich mean time.
Posted by spotter | Friday, January 2, 2009, 11:53 amAnybody who watched the Times Square count down would have noticed that the crowds countdown did not match the clock. They were about one second apart. Somebody did not reset their clock for the leap second!
I did not get around to introducing this to the conversation until after this happened. Nobody else had seemed to notice it. But surprisingly everyone seemed to be aware of the leap second.
To cover all bases you just needed to start your kiss one second early and linger a little bit.
Posted by LittleDavid | Sunday, January 4, 2009, 10:45 am