Time lords prepare to kick leap seconds into the next millennium

https://www.theregister.com/offbeat/2026/09/06/time-lords-prepare-to-kick-leap-seconds-into-the-next-millennium/5294538

The Earth's been rotating faster lately. A negative leap-second was not built-into the timekeeping machinery.

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unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth · 7 pts · 9d

UTC would be unlikely to diverge from rotational time by a full hour for at least a thousand years, Shemar said.

If humankind lasts that long, it might be the least of our worries. ®

Lol.

Archer@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 9d

I truly hope that all the people involved have a group chat named The Time Lords

FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 9d

And all that while they're off the air? Oh, duh, time travel.

baines@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 9d

plz no 18 is enough