The world spinning around the Sun or shift workers shifting between days and nights, our time is affected by a myriad of events. Certain of these events occur every day while others are less predictable and more irregular.
The majority of people are aware that the Earth rotates 24 hours a day around the Sun. It is less known that the speed at which Earth rotates can change and make the day appear shorter or longer than it should. This is the reason why nuclear clocks which maintain a standard time have to be periodically adjusted by adding or subtracting seconds. This change is called leap seconds.
One of the more frequent occurring events in the world of rotation is precession which is the cyclical wobble of the Earth’s axis of motion similar to a spinny, slightly off-center spinning toy top. This Axial shift in relation to fixed stars (inertial spaces) has an estimated duration of 25,771.5. It is responsible for a variety 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 rotation slows down over time, causing solar day to become longer. That’s why on June 29th the world added a leap second to atomic clocks in order that they could better match up with the actual global rotation. Although the addition of a single second may seem like a minor thing but it has significant implications for businesses that depend on the changing of schedules. For multinational enterprises with a global workforce managing shifty call schedules by fumbling through static wiki pages or spreadsheets can be costly in terms of revenue and reputation. This is why more and more companies are turning to software for on-call rotation to minimize interruptions in service and manage the coverage of transfers and provide transparency for employees.
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