-# @(#)leapseconds 7.17
+# <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 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)
-#
+# 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
# 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, 15 January 2004
-#
-# Bulletin C 27
-#
-# To authorities responsible
-# for the measurement and
-# distribution of time
-#
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
-#
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2004.
-# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
-#
-# from 1999 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -32 s
-#
+#
+# Paris, 15 January 2009
+#
+# Bulletin C 37
+#
+# To authorities responsible
+# for the measurement and
+# distribution of time
+#
+# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
+#
+# 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 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
+# 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
-# Director
-# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
-# Observatoire de Paris, France
+#
+# Daniel GAMBIS
+# Head
+# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
+# Observatoire de Paris, France