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Leap seconds to be abolished under BIPM decision
Original: BIPM decides to stop adding leap seconds to UTC
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures has decided to stop adding leap seconds to Coordinated Universal Time, ending a decades-old practice of occasionally inserting an extra second to keep clocks aligned with Earth's irregular rotation. The move follows long-standing complaints from tech and telecom companies that the unpredictable adjustments complicate computer systems, and sets the stage for a continuous, unbroken timescale.
Why now: The change ends a practice that affects global computer systems, timing infrastructure and how the world keeps time.
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