3 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
5 # The International Earth Rotation Service periodically uses leap seconds
6 # to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1
7 # (which measures the true angular orientation of the earth in space); see
8 # Terry J Quinn, The BIPM and the accurate measure of time,
9 # Proc IEEE 79, 7 (July 1991), 894-905.
10 # There were no leap seconds before 1972, because the official mechanism
11 # accounting for the discrepancy between atomic time and the earth's rotation
12 # 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
18 # Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:59 - R/S
20 # If the leapsecond is Rolling (R) the given time is local time
21 # If the leapsecond is Stationary (S) the given time is UTC
23 # Leap YEAR MONTH DAY HH:MM:SS CORR R/S
24 Leap 1972 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
25 Leap 1972 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
26 Leap 1973 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
27 Leap 1974 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
28 Leap 1975 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
29 Leap 1976 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
30 Leap 1977 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
31 Leap 1978 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
32 Leap 1979 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
33 Leap 1981 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
34 Leap 1982 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
35 Leap 1983 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
36 Leap 1985 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
37 Leap 1987 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
38 Leap 1989 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
39 Leap 1990 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
40 Leap 1992 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
41 Leap 1993 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
42 Leap 1994 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
43 Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
44 Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
45 Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
47 # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
48 # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
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 26
54 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
55 # Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr
62 # To authorities responsible
63 # for the measurement and
64 # distribution of time
66 # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
68 # NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2004.
69 # The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
71 # from 1999 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -32 s
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.
80 # Earth Orientation Center of IERS