Summary

Leap seconds have driven a raging debate in the metrological community for three decades. Now, that argument has been put to rest: The leap second is officially dead. Doing away with an obscure metric the average person has been blissfully unaware of may seem like a novelty, but killing the leap second has major ramifications for technology you rely on every day. It also helps stave off what could’ve been a dangerous moment in time: The possibility of the world’s first negative leap second.

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