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diff --git a/timezone/leapseconds b/timezone/leapseconds index a2f4f0b..d6343c0 100644 --- a/timezone/leapseconds +++ b/timezone/leapseconds @@ -1,4 +1,7 @@ -# @(#)leapseconds 8.6 +# <pre> +# @(#)leapseconds 8.8 +# This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of +# 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. @@ -53,40 +56,32 @@ Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) -# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 +# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 -# e-mail : services.iers@obspm.fr -# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc +# Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr # -# Paris, 4 July 2008 +# Paris, 15 January 2009 # -# Bulletin C 36 +# Bulletin C 37 # # To authorities responsible # for the measurement and # distribution of time # -# UTC TIME STEP -# on the 1st of January 2009 +# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI # -# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008. -# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: +# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2009. +# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the +# International Atomic Time TAI is : # -# 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 +# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s # # 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 IERS +# Head +# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS # Observatoire de Paris, France |