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Is Time Running Out for the Leap Second?

November 14, 2022

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To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?

BY ALANNA MITCHELL | NYTimes Science | Disclosure

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Is Time Running Out for the Leap Second?

To the world’s timekeepers, the leap second is a kludge, a bane, a pain in the little hand. Now they’re proposing to ditch it. Will our days ever be the same?

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