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Diffstat (limited to 'timezone/leapseconds')
| -rw-r--r-- | timezone/leapseconds | 41 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/timezone/leapseconds b/timezone/leapseconds index 35df858d79..a2f4f0be37 100644 --- a/timezone/leapseconds +++ b/timezone/leapseconds @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# @(#)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 |