The National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States decided to conduct a "second jump" on New Year's Eve, so that the last minute of 2005 will last 61 seconds
The countdown to 2006 will be extended by another second this year. The National Institute of Standards and Technology in the United States decided to conduct a "second jump" on New Year's Eve, so that the last minute of 2005 would last 61 seconds.
The news agencies report on Saturday night when they count the last seconds of 2005 around the world, the digital clocks will show the time 23:59:59 and then 23:59:60 and only then will the time change to midnight and the year 2006 will officially begin. "The Second Leap" will be coordinated all over the world and here in Israel we will also earn another second of the year 2005.
According to the people of the institute, a "second jump" occurs every few years, in order to adjust the time to the changes in the movement of the earth, which are caused by earthquakes and the drifting of the oceans. The last time such a "jump" was performed was 7 years ago. The first "second jump" in history was recorded in 1972.
