leapseconds revision 75267
175267Swollman# @(#)leapseconds	7.13
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358787Sru# $FreeBSD: head/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds 75267 2001-04-06 16:46:52Z wollman $
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52742Swollman# Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
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72742Swollman# The International Earth Rotation Service periodically uses leap seconds
858787Sru# to keep UTC to within 0.9 s of UT1
958787Sru# (which measures the true angular orientation of the earth in space); see
102742Swollman# Terry J Quinn, The BIPM and the accurate measure of time,
112742Swollman# Proc IEEE 79, 7 (July 1991), 894-905.
122742Swollman# There were no leap seconds before 1972, because the official mechanism
132742Swollman# accounting for the discrepancy between atomic time and the earth's rotation
142742Swollman# did not exist until the early 1970s.
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162742Swollman# The correction (+ or -) is made at the given time, so lines
172742Swollman# will typically look like:
182742Swollman#	Leap	YEAR	MON	DAY	23:59:60	+	R/S
192742Swollman# or
202742Swollman#	Leap	YEAR	MON	DAY	23:59:59	-	R/S
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222742Swollman# If the leapsecond is Rolling (R) the given time is local time
2343014Swollman# If the leapsecond is Stationary (S) the given time is UTC
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252742Swollman# Leap	YEAR	MONTH	DAY	HH:MM:SS	CORR	R/S
262742SwollmanLeap	1972	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
272742SwollmanLeap	1972	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
282742SwollmanLeap	1973	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
292742SwollmanLeap	1974	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
302742SwollmanLeap	1975	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
312742SwollmanLeap	1976	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
322742SwollmanLeap	1977	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
332742SwollmanLeap	1978	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
342742SwollmanLeap	1979	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
352742SwollmanLeap	1981	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
362742SwollmanLeap	1982	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
372742SwollmanLeap	1983	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
382742SwollmanLeap	1985	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
392742SwollmanLeap	1987	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
402742SwollmanLeap	1989	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
412742SwollmanLeap	1990	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
422742SwollmanLeap	1992	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
432742SwollmanLeap	1993	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
442742SwollmanLeap	1994	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
4539871SphkLeap	1995	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
4639871SphkLeap	1997	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
4739898SphkLeap	1998	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
4875267Swollman# INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION SERVICE (IERS)
4975267Swollman# SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
5075267Swollman# 
5175267Swollman# SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
5275267Swollman# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
5375267Swollman# 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
5475267Swollman# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26
5575267Swollman# FAX       : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
5675267Swollman# Internet  : iers@obspm.fr
5775267Swollman# 
5875267Swollman# Paris, 11 January 2001
5975267Swollman# 
6075267Swollman# Bulletin C 21
6175267Swollman# 
6275267Swollman# To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time
6375267Swollman# 
6475267Swollman# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
6575267Swollman# 
6675267Swollman# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2001.
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