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Timekeeping Reform Aims to Prevent Infrastructure Failures
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures voted to scrap the leap second, an ad hoc time adjustment that could prevent potential infrastructure failures. This change aims to modernize global timekeeping standards.
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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
2026-10-16 10:00 UTC