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World timekeepers vote to scrap leap second

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World Timekeepers Decide to Kill the Leap Second
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Summary

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures voted Thursday to scrap the leap second, The Verge reports, in a change intended to prevent potential infrastructure failures akin to the Y2K scare. CNET says doing away with the leap second might prevent future time-related computer anomalies. This follows earlier reports that world timekeepers voted to replace leap seconds with a leap hour.

This continues an earlier story: World timekeepers vote to replace leap seconds with a leap hour

Later: Leap seconds to be retired next year and replaced by a leap hour

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  1. CNET

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    CNET reports that world timekeepers decided to eliminate the leap second, which might prevent future time-related computer anomalies.

  2. The Verge

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    The Verge reports that the International Bureau of Weights and Measures voted Thursday to scrap the leap second, a change aimed at preventing potential infrastructure failures.

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