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Scientists have just voted to abolish leap seconds
Leap seconds, previously used to keep the world’s clocks in sync with the Earth’s rotation, are to be abolished. Instead, universal time will be allowed to drift up to an hour from astronomical time, before it is corrected.
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Leap seconds, previously used to keep the world’s clocks in sync with the Earth’s rotation, are to be abolished. Instead, universal time will be allowed to drift up to an hour from astronomical time, before it is corrected. Representatives from 69 countries voted for the change on 15 October at a meeting of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) in Versailles, France.
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