Timekeepers end future leap seconds

The International Bureau of Weights and Measures has abolished future leap seconds. The decision came at a General Conference of the bureau. Coordinated Universal Time will be continuous from May 20, 2027. A leap hour can be used as needed.

Leap seconds are the adjustment being ended for the future. The continuity date is May 20, 2027. The fallback named is a leap hour rather than a leap second. The body is the International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

The General Conference is the meeting that took the decision. The time scale named is Coordinated Universal Time. Continuous means the leap-second interruptions are not part of the future plan. The start of that continuous period is May 20, 2027.

The report does not say that past leap seconds are erased. It says future leap seconds are abolished. It pairs that abolition with a possible leap hour. The phrase used is as needed.

May 20, 2027 is the date attached to continuous UTC. The bureau is the institution. The conference is the venue of the decision. The technical change is the end of future leap seconds.

The recorded technology decision is the abolition. The recorded start date is May 20, 2027. The recorded alternative adjustment is a leap hour when needed. The recorded time standard is Coordinated Universal Time.