IcelandInternational organizations decide to abolish leap seconds in favor of leap hours
International organizations have decided to abolish leap seconds, which have been added to clocks 27 times since 1972, in favor of leap hours.
Background
The international system of timekeeping, coordinated by bodies like the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, has long grappled with the slight discrepancy between atomic time and Earth's irregular rotation. Leap seconds were introduced to reconcile these differences, but their implementation has posed challenges for modern digital infrastructure.
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Leap seconds, used to synchronize atomic time with solar time, will be phased out and replaced by leap hours.
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