From 6c6c7068918ddb107cb7056ef68c50586c5325f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Poul-Henning Kamp Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2008 06:59:14 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Leapsecond at end of december. --- share/zoneinfo/leapseconds | 23 +++++++++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds b/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds index 35df858d799b..2c1210484853 100644 --- a/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds +++ b/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds @@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S +Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) # @@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 # Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr # -# Paris, 18 January 2008 +# Paris, 4 July 2008 # -# Bulletin C 35 +# Bulletin C 36 # # To authorities responsible # for the measurement and @@ -66,11 +67,21 @@ Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S # # INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI # -# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008. -# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the -# International Atomic Time TAI is : # -# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -33 s +# UTC TIME STEP +# on the 1st of January 2009 +# +# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008. +# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: +# +# 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 59s +# 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 60s +# 2009 January 1, 0h 0m 0s +# +# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is: +# +# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2009 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 33s +# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 34s # # 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