How an accelerating Earth led experts to adopt the leap hour
Timekeepers have officially eliminated the leap second and introduced the leap hour following a vote prompted by Earth's accelerating rotation.
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As Earth's rotation accelerates, international timekeepers have voted to stop adding extra seconds to clock time, ending the era of the leap second. As documented by The Guardian, the planetary acceleration pushed experts to overhaul standard synchronization methods. Following the decision, the sun will no longer dictate the official length of a day, severing astronomical time from civil clock time.
Where global timekeeping stands now is official: authorities have scrapped the leap second and introduced the leap hour instead. According to Smithsonian Magazine, timekeepers adopted this hour-based framework to resolve drift over significantly longer cycles, completely retiring the single-second adjustments that previously recalibrated atomic clocks to Earth's variable rotation.
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Who reported it (4)
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The sun will no longer dictate the length of a dayThe Telegraph · 1d ago
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Experts have voted to stop adding extra seconds to clock timeThe Conversation · 1d ago
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It's Official: Timekeepers Have Gotten Rid of the Leap Second—and Introduced the Leap Hour InsteadSmithsonian Magazine · 1d ago
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How an accelerating Earth led experts to adopt the leap hourThe Guardian · 1d ago
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Why did experts vote to stop adding extra seconds to clock time?
Experts voted to stop adding extra seconds after Earth's accelerating rotation prompted a reassessment of standard timekeeping practices.
What is replacing the leap second?
Timekeepers have officially introduced the leap hour to replace the leap second.
Will the sun still determine the length of a day?
No, following the vote, the sun will no longer dictate the length of an official day.
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