Time waits for no one: 'leap seconds' may be cut

Sparking a fresh round of debate over an ongoing issue in time-keeping circles, the International Telecommunications Union is considering eliminating leap seconds from the time scale used by most computer systems, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). via Time waits for no one: 'leap seconds' may be cut - switches, smartphones, routers, popular science, Phones, NTP, networking hardware, networking, Mobile handsets, itu, GPS, consumer electronics - PC World.