Leap second abolished - | will the leap hour come instead?:
An international body has decided: There will be no more leap seconds in the future ...
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New Scientist Oct 16
Scientists have just voted to abolish leap seconds: Since 1972, officials have added 27 leap seconds to the universal clock, but in a meeting this week in France ...
newscientist.com/article/2594285-scientists-have-just-voted-to-abolish-leap-seconds/
Scientists vote to end leap seconds, redefining how the world keeps time: A new system, called the “leap hour,” will allow Earth’s rotation and official time to ...
scientificamerican.com/article/scientists-vote-to-end-leap-seconds-redefining-how-the-world-keeps-time/
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Leap hour prevents negative leap second: Leap seconds repeatedly cause problems in computer systems. The introduction of leap hours is intended to prevent a ...
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dlvr.it Oct 19
Time Lords kill leap seconds, before they become the new Y2K bug: Cite difficulty of updating IoT devices as major reason to stop adding time
theregister.com/networks/2026/10/19/time-lords-kill-leap-seconds-before-they-become-the-new-y2k-bug/5303711
Leap seconds being retired next year to avoid wreaking havoc on computer systems — International measurement organization makes move to simplify atomic time ...
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Leap second gone: No more artificial interventions in world time: The General Conference on Weights and Measures in Paris adopted a resolution on Thursday to ...
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The leap second is being abolished: Why a single second can throw the world off-beat
op-online.de/welt/die-schaltsekunde-wird-abgeschafft-warum-eine-einzige-sekunde-die-welt-aus-dem-takt-bringen-kann-zr-94544925.html
Coordinated Universal Time without leaps: The leap second is abolished: Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the timekeeper of modern civilization ...
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The Leap Second Is No More: The metric might not mean much to laypeople, but leap seconds have been a source of contention in the timekeeping community for years ...
wired.com/story/leap-second-is-abolished-bipm-says/
International timekeepers vote to abolish the leap second from our clocks. What does it mean?
ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/international-timekeepers-vote-to-abolish-the-leap-second-from-our-clocks-what-does-it-mean/
Timekeeping: Leap second is abolished: The General Conference on Weights and Measures decided in Paris to abolish the leap second, which was introduced in 1972 ...
spiegel.de/wissenschaft/schaltsekunde-wird-abgeschafft-wegen-gefahr-einer-minus-schaltsekunde-a-dfd1afc8-f300-495b-a366-d72553edb44d
Nature Oct 15
World’s timekeepers upend how they adjust time to avoid catastrophic ‘negative second’
nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03329-z
Coordinated Universal Time: Leap second to be abolished from 2027: To synchronize clocks with astronomical time, a leap second was occasionally used ...
zeit.de/wissenschaft/2026-10/schaltsekunde-abschaffung-weltzeit-cgpm
Up to one hour deviation: New rules for world time from 2027: VERSAILLES. The leap second is to be abolished from 2027. Why the Earth's rotation plays a role ...
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How an accelerating Earth led experts to adopt the leap hour : International delegates agree leap second no longer tenable, but first leap hour not likely to ...
theguardian.com/science/2026/oct/15/times-up-for-the-leap-second-as-scientists-swap-it-for-the-leap-hour
The 'leap second' could disappear. How a minor time adjustment became a major problem
cbc.ca/news/world/leap-second-decision-9.7381049
Leap seconds face judgment day as time lords prepare to vote: Proposal would let UTC drift an hour from Earth's rotation, sparing computer systems awkward ...
theregister.com/offbeat/2026/10/14/leap-seconds-face-judgment-day-as-time-lords-prepare-to-vote/5303082
Scientists vote to abolish leap seconds by 2027 to prevent internet outages and GPS failures
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Affected by daylight saving time change? Experts want to adjust world time - | Risk to critical infrastructure
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New Atlas Sep 07
Our planet has a time problem – and it may be about to get weirder: The 28th General Conference on Weights and Measures will vote on whether to swap leap seconds ...
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Tech Times Jul 17
Earth Rotation Records Spur October Vote to Avert Negative Leap Second: Negative leap second risk is driving an October 2026 CGPM vote to replace the 54-year-old ...
techtimes.com/articles/320185/20260711/earth-rotation-records-spur-october-vote-avert-negative-leap-second.htm
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