[ntp:questions] NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2005

Marc Brett marc at fordson.demon.co.uk
Sat Jan 15 10:42:00 UTC 2005


                                               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




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