They already got to that conclusion, but because of computers.

https://rin.org.uk/news/624222/Leap-Seconds-To-Be-Phased-Out...

That’s super interesting—I didn’t know that.

Before modern standardization, maintaining calendars and clocks was typically the responsibility of states or similar authorities, often guided by astronomers. Now it seems that international organizations are effectively following the early UNIX/POSIX model, and astronomers no longer have the same authority over timekeeping.

One simple example is slavic languages where you have different forms of plural depending on the number.