No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026 • Hacker News Board

Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by steve1977 » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 2:51 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #6

"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" is just the best preamble ever.

Sounds like something out of a Douglas Adams novel.

Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by raverbashing » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 2:56 PM UTC

bhaney wrote: post #10

voidUpdate wrote: post #5

I enjoy how Chrome asks me if I want to auto translate from German to English. Where did it get German from? It's French!

Probably from the "Content-Language: de" header

Ok but that makes even less sense

Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 2:58 PM UTC

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Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by srean » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 2:58 PM UTC

What happens to systems such as Spanner under these circumstances?

Is it a headache or a non-issue

Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by tosti » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 2:59 PM UTC

lopis wrote: post #9

simlevesque wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a mix of french and english... so it's german.

A mix of English and French is just called... English

Frenglish

Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by ChrisArchitect » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 3:00 PM UTC

Notice they only said leap second.

Meanwhile....

International timekeepers to vote on changing the leap second to a leap hour

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/international-tim... (https://archive.ph/GnQUj https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48842329)

Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

linux2647 wrote: post #3

Wingy wrote: post #2

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

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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Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by fhars » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

lopis wrote: post #9

simlevesque wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a mix of french and english... so it's german.

A mix of English and French is just called... English

This book would probably disagree :-) https://www.fnac.com/a19325120/Bernard-Cerquiglini-La-langue...

Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by srdjanr » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

bombcar wrote: post #6

"To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time" is just the best preamble ever.

They should call themselves Time Lords

Re: No leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2026

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Post by metalliqaz » Thu, Jul 09, 2026, 3:03 PM UTC

srean wrote: post #14

What happens to systems such as Spanner under these circumstances? Is it a headache or a non-issue

Leap seconds are not added on a regular schedule like leap days, they depend on physical measurements of Earth. So high reliability systems with comprehensive timekeeping would not be perturbed by these choices, I would think.