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


BUREAU CENTRAL DE L'IERS
OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS
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Internet: iers@obspm.fr Paris, 29 August 1997

Bulletin D 71





ANNOUNCEMENT OF DUT1


From the

30 October 1997, 0h UTC

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


DUT1 = + 0.3 s


Bulletin D 72 should be issued in October 1997.