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Time's up! Scientists vote to scrap the leap second - but will allow clocks to drift by an HOUR in huge shakeup

Daily Mail Science and Tech · 15 October 2026 at 17:11

Time's up! Scientists vote to scrap the leap second - but will allow clocks to drift by an HOUR in huge shakeup

In the biggest shakeup for timekeeping in over 50 years, a key vote has severed the connection between the Earth's rotation and modern clocks.

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