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The next leap second will be inserted on December 31, 2016. This will be the 27th leap second added since their adoption in 1972. Image credit: National Physical Laboratory.

2016 Gets Longer with Extra Second Added to New Year Countdown

Dec 23, 2016 by News Staff

This New Year’s countdown will be one second longer as the National Physical Laboratory — the UK’s national measurement institute and the birthplace...