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Time<span style="font-size: 12px">.org.uk</span><br /><img style="margin-left: 5px" src="/moon/Phase.asp" width="75" height="75" alt="Phase of Moon Today" /> Events<![CDATA[Update on Leap Second (UTC-TAI = -35 s)]]>30/06/2012, Observatoire de Paris, France

A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.

2012 June 30, 23h 59m 59s
2012 June 30, 23h 59m 60s
2012 July 1, 0h 0m 0s

The difference between Coordinated Universal Time 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

Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI.

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