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Wait a second: 2008 gets extended by timekeepers
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With an economic slowdown, 2008 may feel as if it will never end. Now the world's timekeepers are making it even longer by adding a leap second to the last day of the year.
Along with the economy, the Earth itself is slowing down, requiring timekeepers to add an extra second to their atomic clocks to keep in sync with Earth's slightly slowing rotation. So an extra second will be tacked on to Dec. 31 after 6:59:59 p.m. and before 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
That extra second will make 2008 - already long with an extra day on Feb. 29 - the longest year since 1992.(AP)
2008年年末に「うるう秒」挿入
地球の自転を基準にした天文学上の時間と国際標準時の原子時計とのズレを修正するため、2008年12月31日（米国東部標準時間）に1秒の「うるう秒」が挿入されることになった。
Shukan ST: Dec. 19, 2008
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