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That's the point though. The above post said leap seconds cause more harm than good - a correction done once a century would fit well enough within the purpose you've defined here. If UTC is out of sync with the sun by less than a minute, no human will notice, and non-humans don't care about the sun and are happier with fewer disruptions.



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