Bulletin C number 21

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Wed Jan 10 14:32:15 UTC 2001




                 INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION SERVICE (IERS) 
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                                               Paris, 11 January 2001
                                                           

                                               Bulletin C 21
                                
                                               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 2001.
 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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