no leapsecond

[Denis Excoffier]

>From: iers at hpopa.obspm.fr
>Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:55:27 +0100 (MET)
>Subject: Bulletin C number 19
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>                 INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION SERVICE (IERS) 
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>                                               Paris, 13 January 2000
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>                                               Bulletin C 19
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>                                               To authorities responsible                   
>                                               for the measurement and 
>                                               distribution of time             
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>                          INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
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> NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2000.
> The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is :		
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>     from 1999 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 32 s
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> 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.
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>                                                Daniel GAMBIS
>                                                Director			
>                                                Central Bureau of IERS
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