2005 will be a second too long

This is how a Washington Post article starts referencing the addition of an extra second to 2005:

Added Ticktock of the Clock Restarts Time Debate

By Guy Gugliotta
Washington Post Staff Writer
Monday, December 26, 2005; Page A17

Time marches on, but Earth is falling behind. The solution again this year is to add a 'leap second' as 2005 ticks away, so Earth can catch up with the atomic clocks that have defined time since their unerring accuracy trumped the heavens three decades ago."

To read the entire article, please go here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/25/AR2005122500496.html

You can also read the official announcement by the INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) here: http://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/bulletinc.dat