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Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by linux2647 on Thursday July 09, 2026 @10:42AM (#48846702)
Not anymore forever. We’re just not adding one for this year. We might need one next year, we might not. It all depends on the Earth’s rotation and orbit
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Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by NooneAtAll3 on Thursday July 09, 2026 @11:27AM (#48847548)
and Earth's rotation was too fast for last several years

we were all waiting for the negative leap second to finally happen - but cowards got too afraid

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Re:No leap second will be introduced at the end of December ... by deathanatos on Thursday July 09, 2026 @01:17PM (#48849301)
I don't think it's cowardice, is it? The graph at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second seems to indicate that adding a negative leap second at this point in time would be improper. (We're ~+0.1s off, and a negative leap second would occur if the line was approaching +0.6s. I'd like one too just for the curiosity of the thing, but … the Earth isn't having it.)
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