No leap second at end of 2001

Olson, Arthur David (NCI) olsona at dc37a.nci.nih.gov
Mon Jun 25 20:18:42 UTC 2001


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                                               Paris, 25 June 2001

                                               Bulletin C 22
                                
                                               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 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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