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