REJOICE! NO MORE LEAP SECONDS!

Every second counts. And that'll be true for UTC from now until... at least centuries into the future! Assuming the Earth doesn't slow its roll *too* much.

CGPM Resolution 5: https://www.bipm.org/en/cgpm-2026/resolution-5

BIPM's Livestream discussing all this in more detail: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TptRsUua2WE

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Contents:

00:00 - No More Leap Seconds
01:07 - Gone by 2027
01:49 - Off-by-one and other fun time problems
03:32 - Time-smearing was never fun
04:25 - Time code gets simpler
05:15 - More interesting problems