Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • World News 2008 lasted a second longer than usual 1-1-2009 • AP The custodians of time will ring in the New Year by tacking a "leap second" onto the clock Wednesday to account for the minute slowing of the Earth's rotation. The leap second has been used sporadically at the Royal Observatory at Green Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: