Today You’ve Got More Time on Your Hands
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WASHINGTON — If today feels longer than most days, it isn’t your imagination.
Today will be the longest day of the year, as scientists add an extra second to keep the world’s clocks in time with the Earth and the sun.
Leap seconds are used from time to time to accommodate changes in the Earth’s rate of rotation.
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