[LEAPSECS] DUT1 about to backtrack

[John Sauter]

The IERS specifies in Bulletin A the value for DUT1, which is an
approximation of UT1-UTC that is transmitted with time signals.  The
current value is -0.2, which has not changed since May of 2019, an
unusually long time.

If the IERS prediction of future values of UT1-UTC turns out to be
correct, the value of DUT1 will increase to -0.1 in July of 2021. 
Other than the jumps caused by leap seconds, that will be the first
increase in DUT1 since at least 2005.

I attach a plot of historical values of DUT1 based on the old issues of
Bulletin A kept on the IERS' web site.
    John Sauter (John_Sauter at systemeyescomputerstore.com)

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