From: hal9000@...
Date: 2000-11-09T06:10:05+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:6180] Re: Time.local bug?

Merci beaucoups, M'sieur Decoux. That rhymes, no? :)

May I ask you:

1. What is your source for this?
2. Are these all the leap seconds so far?
3. Is there a reliable way of determining when they will be
inserted in the future? They seem to be inserted every 18
months in recent years...

Hal

In article <200011031705.eA3H54u06871@orsay1.moulon.inra.fr>,
  ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote:

>  The last leap seconds :
>
> 1982 JUL  1 =JD 2445151.5  TAI-UTC=  21.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1983 JUL  1 =JD 2445516.5  TAI-UTC=  22.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1985 JUL  1 =JD 2446247.5  TAI-UTC=  23.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1988 JAN  1 =JD 2447161.5  TAI-UTC=  24.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1990 JAN  1 =JD 2447892.5  TAI-UTC=  25.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1991 JAN  1 =JD 2448257.5  TAI-UTC=  26.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1992 JUL  1 =JD 2448804.5  TAI-UTC=  27.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1993 JUL  1 =JD 2449169.5  TAI-UTC=  28.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1994 JUL  1 =JD 2449534.5  TAI-UTC=  29.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1996 JAN  1 =JD 2450083.5  TAI-UTC=  30.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1997 JUL  1 =JD 2450630.5  TAI-UTC=  31.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
> 1999 JAN  1 =JD 2451179.5  TAI-UTC=  32.0       S + (MJD - 41317.) X
0.0 S
>
> Guy Decoux
>
>

--
Hal Fulton


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