VERSAILLES, France, Oct. 15, 2026 - The General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM) voted on 15 October to end leap seconds,^[1] one of three timekeeping resolutions adopted at its 28th meeting.^[2] Resolution 5 removes the leap-second jumps from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC),^[3] and continuous UTC takes effect on 20 May 2027.^[4] Leap seconds were introduced in 1972^[5] to keep the world's atomic clock time in step with Earth's spin, and 27 were added between 1972 and 2016,^[6] the most recent on 31 December 2016.^[7] Now UTC may drift up to one hour away from solar time.^[8] Scientists predict that a correction, a "leap hour", will not be needed for more than 1,000 years.^[9] Under the old rules there was a 30% chance of a negative leap second within 10 years,^[10] something that has never been done,^[11] and that could have caused chaos for digital infrastructure.^[12] The meeting also looked to the Moon. Resolution 6 addresses an international lunar reference time scale^[13] and asks space agencies to share their lunar timekeeping experience.^[14] Resolution 4 lays the groundwork for a new definition of the second, due for a vote in 2030,^[15] since optical frequency standards now outperform today's caesium fountain clocks.^[16] Space Nugget. Earth is not a perfect clock. Tides from the Moon slowly brake its spin, while melting ice, ocean currents and movements in the planet's liquid core can speed it up or slow it down by tiny amounts. Time also runs slightly differently on the Moon, because clocks in weaker gravity tick a little faster, as Einstein's relativity predicts, which is why future lunar missions need a time scale of their own.