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Tuesday, December 27, 2005
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2005 grows longer by a second

Yes. 2005 will be extended by one second. It is called the leap second. The leap seconds are inserted to sync the atomic clocks with the rotation of the Earth.
The last time a leap second was added was in 1998.
Check out more about it here and here.

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