Ngokwe-International Service for Earth Rotation and Reference Systems (IERS), futhi akuyona ihlaya, yilokhu okubizwa ngokuthi yisikhungo, umzuzwana owengeziwe kuzofanele ungezwe kuDisemba 31, 2016 ukuze ukwazi ukulungisa isikhathi esilinganiselwe ngokuphelele. Sizokhuluma kancane ngalo mzuzwana ongeziwe esizodinga ukuwengeza onyakeni wethu ka-2016 uma sifuna konke kuqhubeke ukugeleza kahle kuze kufike isikhathi, okwamanje, sizokweqa iminwe yethu ukuze kungabikho okuhle inganekwane yomculo iyawufela. way, futhi unyaka ka-2016 ubamnyama ikakhulukazi kubo.
Lokhu okungeziwe kwesibili, njengoba besitshela Gizmodo, yaziwa ngokuthi «eqa yesibili»Futhi indlela esetshenziselwa ukunxephezela izinguquko ekuzungezeni komhlaba okuguqula iwashi. Njengoba besitshela, eminyakeni engama-200 eyedlule, usuku lwelanga lwathatha imizuzwana engama-86.400; Namuhla kuthatha cishe imizuzwana engama-86.400,002, futhi kubukeka sengathi ijubane lokujikeleza komhlaba liyancipha ngendlela enganakwa kodwa ebonakalayo (imizuzwana emibili njalo eminyakeni engamakhulu amabili ayiyimbi neze). Amawashi kufanele ngaleso sikhathi engeza umehluko ukuqhubeka nokusebenza kahle.
Kwesinye isikhathi, njengalo nyaka we-2016, kuyadingeka ukwengeza noma ukukhipha umzuzwana, into eyenziwe kusukela ngo-1972 futhi okwamanje eqinisekisa ukusebenza okuyikho kohlelo lwethu lwesikhathi. Imvamisa, lo mzuzwana wesibili ngaphezulu noma ngaphansi wengezwa phakathi kwezinyanga zikaJuni noma zikaDisembaLesi sikhathi sesingezwe kuDisemba 31, qaphela abangani, uzoba nesekhondi elilodwa futhi lokudla izithelo zomvini. Okwesibili kungadala amaphutha amakhulu kakhulu ekhompyutha, yingakho kukhona ongoti abalindile kulolu hlobo lokuhluka okungabonakali. Ngamafuphi, u-2016 usuphelile futhi siyethemba ukuthi ngo-2017 uzoqhubeka nokusithemba.