To the time-poor of the world: take heart, for 2016 is a generous year. Not only were you granted a leap day on February 29, you will soon score a New Year’s Eve countdown bonus, a leap second, to ...

People hoping for a speedy end to 2016 are going to have to wait a second – literally. Clocks worldwide will pause for a "leap second" on Saturday. At 11:59 p.m. and 59 seconds Coordinated Universal ...

The dirty, rotten scoundrel that is 2016 just won’t end. For Americans on the East Coast, there will be an extra second between 6:59pm and 7pm (6:59:60, to be exact), which means it’ll happen between ...

If the cloud is real, software important, and system reliability paramount, then non-stop computing, computing across time zones, and invisibly short repair times ought to be mandatory, wouldn’t you ...

If you find yourself always scrambling for some extra time to get things done, you're in luck this year. You'll have one extra second to use in anyway you want. Timekeepers at the International Earth ...