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ars
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I wonder if we will finally get to use negative leap seconds.
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benjoffe
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I don't think this will directly lead to that happening. Assuming 1.8µs/day, then it will take about 1/(365.25*1.8e-6) ≈ 1500 years for a 1 second difference to accumulate. I believe the effects of terrestrial bodies have a much larger effect.
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