It’s the world spinning around the Sun or shift workers shifting between night and day, our time is determined by a variety of spinning events. Certain of these events occur every day while others are more unpredictable and more irregular.
For instance, many people are aware that Earth revolves around the Sun throughout the day. It is less well-known that the speed at which Earth rotates can fluctuate and make a day seem shorter or longer than it really is. The Atomic clocks, which keep an established time, have to be adjusted on a regular basis by adding or subtracting a second. This change is known as leap seconds.
One of the more frequent rotating events is precession, which is the cyclical wobble of Earth’s axis similar to a spinny slightly off-center spinning toy top. This Axial shift in relation to fixed stars (inertial spaces) has a duration of 25,771.5. It is the cause for a myriad of weather patterns for example, the alternating direction between cyclones on the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Scientists have also observed that the speed of Earth is slowing over time, which causes solar days to get longer. This is why, on June 29, the world added an extra second to atomic clocks so that they could be more in line with the real-world Earth’s rotation. While the addition of one second might seem like a small amount but it has significant implications for businesses that rely on changing schedules and rotating times. For multinational enterprises with a global workforce managing shifty call schedules by fumbling with static wiki pages or spreadsheets can be costly in terms of revenue and reputation. On-call rotation software is becoming more popular as it reduces interruptions to services and manages the coverage of transfers and gives employees a clearer picture of the situation.