[LEAPSECS] IERS Bulletin C number 53

John Sauter John_Sauter at systemeyescomputerstore.com
Mon Jan 9 11:23:23 EST 2017




     INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) 

SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE


SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
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                                             Paris, 9 January 2017
                                                           

                                             Bulletin C 53
                                
                                             To authorities responsible
                                             for the measurement and 
                                             distribution of time             
                                                                                        


                          INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
                      

 NO leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2017.
 The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the 
 International Atomic Time TAI is :             
                
     from 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -37 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.


                                            Christian BIZOUARD
                                            Director                    
                                            Earth Orientation Center of IERS
                                            Observatoire de Paris, France
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