https://northcentralrotary.org/2021/07/13/generated-post-2
Our time is shaped in many ways by the spin of events, whether it’s the Earth rotating around the Sun, or the shift workers switching between the evenings and days. Some of these happen every day, while others are more unpredictable and less predictable.
For instance, the majority of people are aware that the Earth revolves around the Sun each day for 24 hours. It is less known that the speed of rotation can vary, making the day appear longer or shorter than it actually is. The Atomic clocks, that maintain an uniform time, need to be adjusted on a regular basis by adding or subtracting a second. This is referred to as leap seconds.
One of the most frequent occurring events in the world of rotation is precession which is the cyclical wobble that occurs on the Earth’s axis, much like a spinny, slightly off-center spinning toy top. This tilt in axial relation to fixed stars (inertial spaces) has the duration of 25,771.5. It is responsible for a myriad of weather patterns like the alternating direction between cyclones in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Scientists have also observed that the speed of Earth rotation slows with time, which causes solar days to get longer. On June 29, the world added a leap second to the atomic clocks to better align them with the axis of the Earth. While the addition of a single second might seem like a small amount but it can have significant implications for businesses that depend on changing schedules and rotating times. For multinational enterprises with a global workforce, managing changing call schedules by fumbling around static wiki pages or spreadsheets can be costly in terms of reputation and revenue. This is the reason why more organizations are using on-call rotation software to reduce service interruptions and to manage the transfer coverage and give employees a better understanding of the process.