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Leap seconds face judgment day as time lords prepare to vote

Global authorities weigh abandoning leap seconds to safeguard computing systems

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Leap seconds face judgment day as time lords prepare to vote

International metrology bodies are preparing to vote on proposals that could eliminate leap seconds, permitting coordinated universal time to deviate up to an hour from planetary rotation. The alteration seeks to shield computing networks from technical disruptions caused by ad hoc temporal adjustments over the coming centuries.

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This summary was written by the GPU Data Hub desk from reporting published by The Register on 14 Oct 2026, 16:30. Read the full article at the original publisher.

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