The 'leap second' is no more. How a minor time adjustment became a major problem

For more than 50 years, humanity has used "leap seconds" to keep our clocks aligned with the rotation of the Earth. On Thursday, an international time-keeping body in France voted to do away with leap ...
Daily Mail on MSN

Scientists scrap the leap second but will allow clocks to drift by an hour in huge shakeup

In the biggest shakeup for timekeeping in over 50 years, a key vote has severed the connection between the Earth's rotation ...

12% CAGR Since 1995: Using Four Market States To Refine The Volatility-Adjusted Dual Clock System

A refinement of the SPY/BIL tactical allocation system by layering four market state factors atop the VA Dual Clock regime ...
Nature

World’s timekeepers upend how they adjust time to avoid catastrophic ‘negative second’

Governments have voted to abolish the leap second immediately and replace it with a leap hour. Time discrepancies that used ...
PC Guide

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 preload start time, countdown clock, and system requirements on PC

One launcher already lets you preload Modern Warfare 4, so here's everything you need to know about preloading MW4 in your ...
The Weather Network

Leap seconds have helped synchronize our clocks, but their time may be over

Over the course of several years, modern time systems can become a few seconds out of sync with the Earth’s movement. To ...

Time’s up for the leap second as scientists swap it for the leap hour

Delegates from 69 countries approve clock changeover after decades of debate – but switch may not take effect for thousands of years ...
Earth.com

Physicists created a new kind of clock that runs on the heart of an atom

A nuclear clock that uses thorium nuclei to keep its own laser on time ran for a full day unaided and could someday rival ...

What does Greenwich Mean Time mean, and why do the clocks change twice a year?

GREENWICH Mean Time (GMT) dates back to an era before Britain had a single standard time. The UK returns to GMT every autumn ...

The Story of Learning PHP and Prototyping a Nursery School Arrival/Departure Time-Clock System

How should we record the arrival and departure of nursery school children?While arrival and departure management systems are ...