World's Timekeepers Vote to Eliminate the Leap Second

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) voted to eliminate the leap second to prevent infrastructure failures similar to the Y2K bug. This decision ends the practice of adding or subtracting seconds to align Coordinated Universal Time with Earth's rotation. Instead, timekeepers will allow drift for up to one hour before requiring correction. This hypothetical leap hour may not be necessary for hundreds or thousands of years, effectively pushing back the decision on future adjustments.