On 1/5/2012 11:26 PM, Jim Palfreyman wrote: > Leap second has been announced for July. > > Jim
Yes, this was copied from another list : >Subject: Bulletin C number 43 > > > > > 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 >e-mail : services.i...@obspm.fr >http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc > > Paris, 5 January 2012 > > Bulletin C 43 > > To authorities responsible > for the measurement and > distribution of time > > > UTC TIME STEP > on the 1st of July 2012 > > > A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012. > The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: > > 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 59s > 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 60s > 2012 July 1, 0h 0m 0s > > The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is: > > from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 34s > from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 35s > > 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 > Head > Earth Orientation Center of IERS > Observatoire de Paris, France > >__________________________________________ > 73 Alberto I2PHD _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.