-# $OpenBSD: leapseconds,v 1.2 1997/01/14 04:36:54 millert Exp $
-# @(#)leapseconds 7.8
+# @(#)leapseconds 7.17
# Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
# The International Earth Rotation Service periodically uses leap seconds
-# to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of TAI (atomic time); see
+# to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1
+# (which measures the true angular orientation of the earth in space); see
# Terry J Quinn, The BIPM and the accurate measure of time,
# Proc IEEE 79, 7 (July 1991), 894-905.
# There were no leap seconds before 1972, because the official mechanism
# Leap YEAR MON DAY 23:59:59 - R/S
# If the leapsecond is Rolling (R) the given time is local time
-# If the leapsecond is Stationary (S) the given time is GMT
+# If the leapsecond is Stationary (S) the given time is UTC
# Leap YEAR MONTH DAY HH:MM:SS CORR R/S
Leap 1972 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1993 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1994 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
+Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
+Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
+
+# 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)
+# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
+# FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
+# Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr
+#
+# Paris, 15 January 2004
+#
+# Bulletin C 27
+#
+# 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 June 2004.
+# 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
+# Observatoire de Paris, France