WIRED Oct 16
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/
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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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Time measurement is being reorganized: The end of the leap second: In the future, we will have to adjust our clocks by one hour every few thousand years ...
spiegel.de/geschichte/zeitmessung-wird-neu-geregelt-das-ende-der-schaltsekunde-a-e01a1e39-5220-4b25-9056-8f8fddde2b13
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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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The leap second is being abolished: Why a single second can throw the world off-beat
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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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International timekeepers vote to abolish the leap second from our clocks. What does it mean?
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Nature Oct 15
World’s timekeepers upend how they adjust time to avoid catastrophic ‘negative second’
nature.com/articles/d41586-026-03329-z
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
Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second: Plans to retire it in 2035 are being expedited to prevent potential havoc on tech infrastructure.
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Scientists vote to abolish leap seconds by 2027 to prevent internet outages and GPS failures
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Computerworld Sep 13
Leap second proposal will keep software stacks in sync: To keep atomic clocks and those based on the earth’s rotation in sync, GCWM periodically adds a second to ...
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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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dlvr.it Sep 06
Time lords prepare to kick leap seconds into the next millennium: Risk of an unprecedented negative adjustment prompts plan to let UTC drift by as much as an ...
theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/06/time-lords-prepare-to-kick-leap-seconds-into-the-next-millennium/5294538
NIST Internet Time Service (ITS): Set your computer clock via the Internet using tools built into the operating systemNIST has established a mailing l
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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 ...
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Hurry up! Scientists predict today will be (slightly) shorter than normal: The earth doesn't rotate exactly on schedule. Scientists believe that today is going ...
npr.org/2025/07/22/nx-s1-5475167/hurry-up-scientists-predict-today-will-be-slightly-shorter-than-normal
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