15 Dec 2022

'Time lords' gathering in Wellington

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 15 December 2022

It's not just leap years we use to keep in sync with time... but also leap seconds.

However the "time community" has recently decided to remove the leap second from clocks by 2035.

Time Lord Adam Dunford from Callaghan Innovation came on the show a couple months ago and explained that the world is spinning faster for no apparent reason, making our days shorter.

He's back today to talk about why we no longer need a leap second in our calendars.

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