Product Review: World Timekeepers Decide to Kill the Leap Second

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Details: Written by CNET Reviews; Category: Reviews; Published: 16 October 2026; Created: 16 October 2026; Last Updated: 16 October 2026

Human timekeeping rests on two main clocks, and they don’t always run at the same speed. For decades, the solution was the leap second, a minor adjustment added to international time to keep atomic accuracy aligned with the Earth’s natural motion. But on Thursday, the General Conference on Weights and Measures, or the CGPM (abbreviated…
Product Review: World Timekeepers Decide to Kill the Leap Second

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