International Bureau of Weights and Measures to vote on abolishing leap second
The International Bureau of Weights and Measures plans to abolish the leap second. The General Conference adopted a resolution to transition to a new scale of world time, allowing for the avoidance of corrections related to Earth’s rotation.
In brief
- The International Bureau of Weights and Measures plans to abolish the leap second.
- Leap seconds have been added to world time 27 times since 1972.
- The General Conference adopted a resolution on a new scale of world time.
- Technological advancements have enabled the creation of atomic clocks for precise time measurement.
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