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1 | # <pre> |
2 | # @(#)leapseconds 8.8 | |
3 | # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of | |
4 | # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. | |
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5 | |
6 | # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file. | |
7 | ||
8 | # The International Earth Rotation Service periodically uses leap seconds | |
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9 | # to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1 |
10 | # (which measures the true angular orientation of the earth in space); see | |
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11 | # Terry J Quinn, The BIPM and the accurate measure of time, |
12 | # Proc IEEE 79, 7 (July 1991), 894-905. | |
13 | # There were no leap seconds before 1972, because the official mechanism | |
14 | # accounting for the discrepancy between atomic time and the earth's rotation | |
15 | # did not exist until the early 1970s. | |
16 | ||
17 | # The correction (+ or -) is made at the given time, so lines | |
18 | # will typically look like: | |
19 | # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:60 + R/S | |
20 | # or | |
21 | # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:59 - R/S | |
22 | ||
23 | # If the leapsecond is Rolling (R) the given time is local time | |
74015205 | 24 | # If the leapsecond is Stationary (S) the given time is UTC |
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25 | |
26 | # Leap YEAR MONTH DAY HH:MM:SS CORR R/S | |
27 | Leap 1972 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S | |
28 | Leap 1972 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
29 | Leap 1973 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
30 | Leap 1974 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
31 | Leap 1975 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
32 | Leap 1976 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
33 | Leap 1977 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
34 | Leap 1978 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
35 | Leap 1979 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
36 | Leap 1981 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S | |
37 | Leap 1982 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S | |
38 | Leap 1983 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S | |
39 | Leap 1985 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S | |
40 | Leap 1987 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
41 | Leap 1989 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
42 | Leap 1990 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S | |
43 | Leap 1992 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S | |
44 | Leap 1993 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S | |
45 | Leap 1994 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S | |
3d61b63c | 46 | Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S |
377a515b | 47 | Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S |
a9ddb793 | 48 | Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S |
6c49b464 | 49 | Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S |
97898201 | 50 | Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S |
1f5649f8 | 51 | |
d10737e4 | 52 | # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) |
fd490ac8 | 53 | # |
d1091a21 | 54 | # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE |
7a50b1f6 | 55 | # |
328c5f65 | 56 | # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE |
97898201 | 57 | # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS |
328c5f65 | 58 | # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) |
a468a1d4 | 59 | # Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29 |
d10737e4 | 60 | # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 |
a468a1d4 | 61 | # Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr |
d10737e4 | 62 | # |
a468a1d4 | 63 | # Paris, 15 January 2009 |
6c49b464 | 64 | # |
a468a1d4 | 65 | # Bulletin C 37 |
7a50b1f6 | 66 | # |
97898201 | 67 | # To authorities responsible |
d10737e4 | 68 | # for the measurement and |
97898201 | 69 | # distribution of time |
7a50b1f6 | 70 | # |
a468a1d4 | 71 | # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI |
d10737e4 | 72 | # |
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73 | # NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2009. |
74 | # The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the | |
75 | # International Atomic Time TAI is : | |
d10737e4 | 76 | # |
a468a1d4 | 77 | # from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s |
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78 | # |
79 | # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December | |
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80 | # or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every |
81 | # six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there | |
d10737e4 | 82 | # will be no time step at the next possible date. |
7a50b1f6 | 83 | # |
d10737e4 | 84 | # Daniel GAMBIS |
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85 | # Head |
86 | # Earth Orientation Center of the IERS | |
d10737e4 | 87 | # Observatoire de Paris, France |