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How do you get to be in the “international consortium of timekeepers”?

Thursday, January 1st, 2009
by Bill

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How do you get to be in the “international consortium of timekeepers”? - By Brian Palmer - Slate Magazine

On New Year’s Eve at 6:59:59 p.m. ET, an “international consortium of timekeepers” [added] one second to the world’s clock. How do you get to be an official timekeeper?

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