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Leap Second Bug. When One Minute Is No Longer 60 Seconds.

Y2K Millennium Bug

Let’s go back in time. Do you remember the gigantic chaos predicted for the new millennium, the Y2K bug or the Millennium bug? Damn, it failed to deliver. You can pick your side, but the total cost of the work done in preparation for Y2K is estimated at a whooping $416 billion. Those who were against spending billions and billions argue that it would have been much more efficient and cost-effective to solve the problem on a “fix on failure” basis. Relieved, to say the least, we thought that the “end-of-the-world-cult” or “the hoax of the century”, as a journalist from The Wall Street Journal called it, was just a very bad memory for taxpayers, businesses and governments worldwide.

What Does An Extra Second Take?

Nothing New Under The Sun

We will spare you the technical details and potential solutions. Worth mentioning though, “the leap second problem is nothing new. There have now been more than “25 leap seconds since they were first introduced to atomic clocks in the early 1970’s.” says Marco Marongiu – a senior system administrator with Opera Software in his blog. He adds that “a number of applications and systems still rely on some wrong assumptions, namely: every minute always lasts 60 seconds” Huh? We’re confused now! Back in school, that was one of the first things that we were taught. One hour = 60 minutes. One minute = 60 seconds. Ok, we give up for now. This problem is too much to handle for a Tuesday. At Buzz Brothers we’re very grateful for the Swiss pioneer know-how in time technology. And with a little help from our fine Swiss watchmaking clients like Hublot, Marvin, Corum and more, we will manage just fine to keep track of time. And of extra seconds.

T.C.

PS: What are YOU going to do with your extra second?

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