Timekeepers Eye Leap Hour as Fix for Faster Earth, Replacing Leap Seconds
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As Earth's rotation speeds up and the risk of a negative leap second grows, international timekeepers are weighing replacing leap seconds with a leap hour. A CGPM vote in October could formalize the change by 2035, aiming to reduce disruptions to GPS, banking, and other systems after past leap-second headaches like outages tied to UTC adjustments.
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