Marek Ziebart

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“If you abolish the leap second, a lot of things will have to change. People will have to check their software, redesign it, fix it.”

Marek Ziebart · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Ziebart warned that abolishing the leap second would require people to check, redesign, and fix their software.

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“We have a system in place that uses leap seconds. It works. It maintains the timescale that all of us use on a day-to-day basis,”

Marek Ziebart · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Ziebart argued the current leap second system works and maintains the everyday timescale people use.

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“It relates to us as animals. We’re driven by these periodicities of the sun rising, the sun setting.”

Marek Ziebart · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Ziebart explained the intrinsic relationship between human beings, rotation, and time, driven by the sun rising and setting.

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“There’s an intrinsic relationship for human beings between rotation and time,”

Marek Ziebart · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-13

Ziebart said it is intellectually comforting to maintain a timescale tied to Earth's rotation.

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