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📰 GeneralThe VergeFriday, October 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM UTC2h ago

Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap second

Time is a-changin’: say goodbye to the leap secondPhoto: The Verge

An important change will soon be made to global timekeeping that aims to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K bug scare. On Thursday, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) voted to scrap the leap second, an ad hoc time adjustment that's occasionally added so tr

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