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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 adjustments for centuries It's about time: the General Conference on Weights and Measures looks set to end leap seconds in an effort to reach…
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The General Conference on Weights and Measures is poised to vote on a proposal that would eliminate leap seconds, allowing Coordinated Universal Time to drift up to an hour from Earth’s rotation and removing the need for frequent adjustments in computer systems. This change aims to simplify timekeeping for technology by ending the practice of inserting leap seconds.
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