See also perhaps "The 'leap second' could disappear. How a minor time adjustment became a major problem":

* https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/leap-second-decision-9.7381049

"Leap seconds have helped synchronize our clocks, but their time may be over"

* https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/science/earth-scie...

"The leap second is dead. Long live the leap hour?"

* https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02669-0

"Leap seconds set to be scrapped after causing problems for computer systems"

* https://swedenherald.com/article/leap-seconds-set-to-be-disc...

Someone joked:

> If they do ditch the leapsecond, it will make Time::TAI::Simple a lot easier for me to maintain!

* https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/1x6g39x/the_leap...