Since 1972, experts have added 27 seconds to Coordinated Universal Time to keep it aligned with Earth's rotation, but it has ...

The official death of the leap second will be May 20, 2027, when continuous UTC becomes effective. A continuous UTC means ...

Timekeepers add a leap second occasionally to keep our clocks and the Earth’s rotation in tune. That could now change.

Governments have voted to abolish the leap second immediately and replace it with a leap hour. Time discrepancies that used ...

Today an international group of scientists, diplomats and timekeepers voted to end the leap second, which has been keeping Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) aligned with the time according to Earth's ...

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

The leap second will be abolished on May 20, 2027. The General Conference on Weights and Measures made the decision Thursday ...

An international meeting is considering a fundamental change to timekeeping, potentially severing the ancient link between ...

Scientists have decided to abandon the usual leap seconds, which have been added to world time for decades to compensate for ...

Delegates from 69 countries approve clock changeover after decades of debate – but switch may not take effect for thousands of years ...

The leap second is being abolished. The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) has decided in Versailles, near ...

It looks like the leap second will soon be over. The reason is the risk of a “negative” leap second, which could disrupt ...