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I'm pretty sure that's the plan. Currently they're legally bound to keep it within 0.9s of solar noon (or something like that) but in 2035 it's changing to +-1 minute, which basically kicks the can down the road for another century or so

I say we let it reach 15 minutes then countries can solve it themselves by shifting timezone by 15 mins. Since making sure solar noon matches noon on the clock, is the point of timezones existing in the first place

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