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Fwd: Bulletin C number 29 [No UTC Leap Second This June] (fwd)
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2005 Jan 14, 11:04 -0400
From: Richard B. Langley
Date: 2005 Jan 14, 11:04 -0400
> From: compte iers> Date: 2005?January?14 10:24:39 AM AST > To: adresc1@hpopa.obspm.fr > Subject: Bulletin C number 29 > > > > > 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 > FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 > Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr > > Paris, 14 January 2005 > > > Bulletin C 29 > > 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 2005. > The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the > International Atomic Time TAI is : > > from 1999 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -32 > 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 > 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