Newser September 05, 2026 • 15:50

Global Timekeepers May Swap 'Leap Second' for 'Leap Hour' - Newser

By John Johnson

Timekeeping honchos will vote on it in October

Leap seconds, in use since 1972 to keep Coordinated Universal Time in sync with Earth's rotation, have long vexed computers, contributing to outages at companies including Meta and Reddit and complic… [+316 chars]

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Global Timekeepers May Swap 'Leap Second' for 'Leap Hour' - Newser

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