IERS Bulletin C #68: no new leap second in December 2024

[ChristopherRabotin]

For reference, here is the Bulletin C number 68, just delivered by email by the IERS.

Paris, 04 July 2024

                                          Bulletin C 68

                                          To authorities responsible
                                          for the measurement and
                                          distribution of time



                      INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI

NO leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2024.
The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
International Atomic Time TAI is :

 from 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -37 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.