-# @(#)leapseconds 8.5
+# <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.
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
+# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
# FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
# Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr
#
-# Paris, 18 January 2008
+# Paris, 15 January 2009
#
-# Bulletin C 35
+# Bulletin C 37
#
-# To authorities responsible
+# To authorities responsible
# for the measurement and
-# distribution of time
+# distribution of time
#
# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
#
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008.
+# 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 :
#
-# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -33 s
+# 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