In accordance with the tradition of keeping a copy of the most recent IERS bulletin C (currently C 44) in the leapseconds file (as comments at the end), here's a patch that updates it from C43 to C44. kre --- leapseconds 2012-01-06 18:37:49.000000000 +0700 +++ leapseconds.C44 2012-11-27 19:05:37.000000000 +0700 @@ -58,36 +58,28 @@ # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE # OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) -# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 +# Tel. : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29 # FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 # e-mail : (E-Mail Removed) # http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc # -# Paris, 5 January 2012 +# Paris, 7 August 2012 # # -# Bulletin C 43 +# Bulletin C 44 # # To authorities responsible # for the measurement and # distribution of time # # -# UTC TIME STEP -# on the 1st of July 2012 +# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI # +# NO leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2012. +# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the +# International Atomic Time TAI is : # -# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012. -# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be: -# -# 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 59s -# 2012 June 30, 23h 59m 60s -# 2012 July 1, 0h 0m 0s -# -# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is: -# -# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 34s -# from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 35s +# from 2012 July 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -35 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