Re: Bulletin C 28 -- NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2004

From: Guy Jordan (gjordan_at_mn.rr.com)
Date: 07/22/04 

Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 04:31:28 GMT

There goes another pluterday!

Sam Wormley wrote:
>
> INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
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>
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> Paris, 21 July 2004
>
>
> Bulletin C 28
>
> 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 December 2004.
> The difference between 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

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