INTERNATIONAL   EARTH   ROTATION   SERVICE   (IERS) 
                    SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION  TERRESTRE


SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
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Internet: iers@obspm.fr                          Paris, 16 September 2002

                                                 Bulletin D 88




                               ANNOUNCEMENT OF DUT1


        From the

                              24 October 2002, 0h UTC

    until further notice, the value of DUT1 to be disseminated with the 
    time signals will be


                                  DUT1 = -0.3 s
                                  

        Bulletin D 89 should be issued in January 2003.