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submitted 2 days ago by kalkulat@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

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The Earth's been rotating faster lately. A negative leap-second was not built-into the timekeeping machinery.

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[–] unknownuserunknownlocation@kbin.earth 7 points 2 days ago

UTC would be unlikely to diverge from rotational time by a full hour for at least a thousand years, Shemar said.

If humankind lasts that long, it might be the least of our worries. ®

Lol.