> Instead of using leap seconds, everyone has agreed that they will tolerate more drift between UTC and UT1 than they had in the past. And when things get really bad, we’ll add a leap hour instead. ... a leap hour won’t be needed for more than 1,000 years
Let me see if I understand this: we are losing accuracy, deliberately, to avoid a negative leap second (something the effects of which we have fears about but don't know), allowing our timekeeping to grow a full hour out of sync, several orders of magnitude worse than we have accepted in the past?
I'm sure there are good reasons, but in terms of communication, this seems lacking. Can someone help me understand why this is better?
Let me see if I understand this: we are losing accuracy, deliberately, to avoid a negative leap second (something the effects of which we have fears about but don't know), allowing our timekeeping to grow a full hour out of sync, several orders of magnitude worse than we have accepted in the past?
I'm sure there are good reasons, but in terms of communication, this seems lacking. Can someone help me understand why this is better?