On Tue 2020-01-07T20:10:46+0000 Chris Woodbury via tz hath writ:
By all indications, there will be an unusually long interval before the next leap-second (July 2021 or later). See IERS Bulletin A at ftp://cddis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/products/iers/ser7.dat. (USNO's FTP sites are under construction.)
In the middle of last year the Earth's crust accelerated such that we were rotating faster than 200 years ago. The value of Delta T decreased during a few weeks. -- Steve Allen <sla@ucolick.org> WGS-84 (GPS) UCO/Lick Observatory--ISB 260 Natural Sciences II, Room 165 Lat +36.99855 1156 High Street Voice: +1 831 459 3046 Lng -122.06015 Santa Cruz, CA 95064 https://www.ucolick.org/~sla/ Hgt +250 m