3 # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of
4 # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson.
6 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
8 # The International Earth Rotation Service periodically uses leap seconds
9 # to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1
10 # (which measures the true angular orientation of the earth in space); see
11 # Terry J Quinn, The BIPM and the accurate measure of time,
12 # Proc IEEE 79, 7 (July 1991), 894-905.
13 # There were no leap seconds before 1972, because the official mechanism
14 # accounting for the discrepancy between atomic time and the earth's rotation
15 # did not exist until the early 1970s.
17 # The correction (+ or -) is made at the given time, so lines
18 # will typically look like:
19 # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:60 + R/S
21 # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:59 - R/S
23 # If the leapsecond is Rolling (R) the given time is local time
24 # If the leapsecond is Stationary (S) the given time is UTC
26 # Leap YEAR MONTH DAY HH:MM:SS CORR R/S
27 Leap 1972 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
28 Leap 1972 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
29 Leap 1973 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
30 Leap 1974 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
31 Leap 1975 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
32 Leap 1976 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
33 Leap 1977 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
34 Leap 1978 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
35 Leap 1979 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
36 Leap 1981 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
37 Leap 1982 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
38 Leap 1983 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
39 Leap 1985 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
40 Leap 1987 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
41 Leap 1989 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
42 Leap 1990 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
43 Leap 1992 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
44 Leap 1993 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
45 Leap 1994 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
46 Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
47 Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
48 Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
49 Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
50 Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
52 # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
54 # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
56 # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
57 # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
58 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
59 # Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
60 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
61 # Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr
63 # Paris, 15 January 2009
67 # To authorities responsible
68 # for the measurement and
69 # distribution of time
71 # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
73 # NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2009.
74 # The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
75 # International Atomic Time TAI is :
77 # from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s
79 # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
80 # or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
81 # six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
82 # will be no time step at the next possible date.
86 # Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
87 # Observatoire de Paris, France