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Re:Leap second hiatus by Jestar342 on Thursday November 19, 2020 @05:31AM (#25148079)
As a former developer of software for an international shipping company: Yup. They happen a lot more frequently than most people realise, I expect. Political reasons (e.g. neighbouring states [as in Sovereign] deciding to unify timezones), coups/wars suspending DST, and so on all usually result in some kind of adjustment, even if it's just the name of the timezone changing.

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