Bulletin C 28 -- NO positive leap second will be introduced at the endof December 2004

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Bulletin C 28

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 December 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