[tz] patch for leapseconds to incorporate IERS bulletin C44

Robert Elz kre at munnari.OZ.AU
Tue Nov 27 12:11:36 UTC 2012


In accordance with the tradition of keeping a copy of the most
recent IERS bulletin C (currently C 44) in the leapseconds file
(as comments at the end), here's a patch that updates it from
C43 to C44.

kre


--- leapseconds	2012-01-06 18:37:49.000000000 +0700
+++ leapseconds.C44	2012-11-27 19:05:37.000000000 +0700
@@ -58,36 +58,28 @@
 # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
 # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
-# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
+# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
 # FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
 # e-mail    : (E-Mail Removed)
 # http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
 #
-# Paris, 5 January 2012
+# Paris, 7 August 2012
 #
 #
-# Bulletin C 43
+# Bulletin C 44
 #
 # To authorities responsible
 # for the measurement and
 # distribution of time
 #
 #
-# UTC TIME STEP
-# on the 1st of July 2012
+# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
 #
+# NO leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2012.
+# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
+# International Atomic Time TAI is :
 #
-# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.
-# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:		
-# 		
-#                          2012 June 30,     23h 59m 59s
-#                          2012 June 30,     23h 59m 60s
-#                          2012 July  1,      0h  0m  0s
-#
-# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
-#
-# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1  0h UTC  : UTC-TAI = - 34s
-# from 2012 July 1,    0h UTC, until further notice    : UTC-TAI = - 35s
+# from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -35 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



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