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

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Leap seconds being retired next year to avoid wreaking havoc on computer systems
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Leap seconds are set to be retired next year and replaced by a leap hour, which would not need to be implemented for several centuries, Tom’s Hardware reports. This follows reports that the International Bureau of Weights and Measures voted to scrap the leap second.

This continues an earlier story: World timekeepers vote to scrap leap second

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    Tom’s Hardware reports that leap seconds will be retired next year and replaced by a leap hour, which will take several centuries to implement.

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