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Does this mean the negative leap second isn't happening anymore?

• linux2647 3mo ago
  Not anymore forever. We’re just not adding one for this year. We might need one next year, we might not. It all depends on the Earth’s rotation and orbit
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  • NooneAtAll3 3mo ago
    and Earth's rotation was too fast for last several years we were all waiting for the negative leap second to finally happen - but cowards got too afraid
    • deathanatos 3mo ago
      I don't think it's cowardice, is it? The graph at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second seems to indicate that adding a negative leap second at this point in time would be improper. (We're ~+0.1s off, and a negative leap second would occur if the line was approaching +0.6s. I'd like one too just for the curiosity of the thing, but … the Earth isn't having it.)
• tedd4u 3mo ago
  There's an opportunity to insert or remove a leap second twice a year. They only decide about 6 months in advance of each opportunity what to do (leap second, skipped second, or do nothing).