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




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OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS                                   
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Internet: iers@obspm.fr                            Paris, 1 February 1999


                                                   Bulletin D 79










                               ANNOUNCEMENT OF DUT1




        From the


                               04 March 1999, 0h UTC


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




                                  DUT1 = + 0.6 s
                                  



        Bulletin D 80 should be issued in March 1999.