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Clock ticking for leap second: timekeeping may change
Timekeepers add a leap second now and then to match the Earth's rotation, and a proposed change could alter how clocks and computers keep time.
On air: Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield on Best of BBNPublished
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- First reported by Al Jazeera: “Clock ticking for leap second: Why timekeeping could change forever”.
- Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 3:42 AM ET on Best of BBN, by Gloria Vance and Kenji Moonfield.
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Gloria Vance · World News AnchorTimekeepers occasionally add a leap second to keep our clocks in step with the Earth's rotation, and a proposal now could end that practice and change how computers keep time.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWait, we get bonus seconds and nobody told me? I would have used mine.
Gloria Vance · World News AnchorYou would not have noticed it.
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