In October 2026, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures decided to abolish leap seconds, which were additional seconds added at the end of June or December This change will allow UTC to gradually drift from mean solar time, potentially requiring a leap hour in thousands of years. The final leap second occurred on December 31, 2016.
In October 2026, the International Bureau of Weights and Measures decided to abolish leap seconds , ratifying an earlier decision made in November 2022. This change allows UTC to drift from mean solar time, potentially requiring a leap hour in thousands of years. The final leap second occurred on December 31, 2016.
On New Year's Eve an extra second will be added to the end of the day. This extra second is called a leap second. As I'll explain later, leap seconds need to be added periodically to bring the time we measure with accurate atomic clocks in line with the natural time which results from the rotation of the… Continue reading December 31 2016 Leap Second
