Global Timekeepers May Swap 'Leap Second' for 'Leap Hour' - Newser
NewserSeptember 5, 2026
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…
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