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-# @(#)leapseconds 8.5
+# @(#)leapseconds 8.6
# Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
@@ -44,40 +44,49 @@ Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
+Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
# INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
#
# SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
#
# SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
-# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
+# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
# 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
# FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
-# Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr
+# e-mail : services.iers@obspm.fr
+# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
#
-# Paris, 18 January 2008
+# Paris, 4 July 2008
#
-# Bulletin C 35
+# Bulletin C 36
#
-# To authorities responsible
+# To authorities responsible
# for the measurement and
-# distribution of time
+# distribution of time
#
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
+# UTC TIME STEP
+# on the 1st of January 2009
#
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :
+# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008.
+# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:
#
-# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -33 s
+# 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 59s
+# 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 60s
+# 2009 January 1, 0h 0m 0s
+#
+# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
+#
+# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2009 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 33s
+# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 34s
#
# Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
-# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
-# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
+# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
+# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
# will be no time step at the next possible date.
#
# Daniel GAMBIS
-# Head
-# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
+# Head
+# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
# Observatoire de Paris, France