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A "leap hour" would presumably require changing the UTC-equivalent itself.

Earlier I proposed exactly the opposite. Never change UTC, just redefine your timezone to create an apparent leap hour. Since we already do this twice a year in many countries, it should be less of a problem.




Interesting idea! So basically every several hundred years we would shift the center of time farther and farther away from Greenwich. That explains why the British are opposed. I was thinking timezones would stay relative to Greenwich and the "leap hour" would be thousands of accumulated leap seconds applied at once. Your proposal sounds better.




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