INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION SERVICE (IERS) SERVICE INTERNATIONAL LA ROTATION TERRESTRE BUREAU CENTRAL DE L'IERS OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) Tel. 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 26 FAX 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91 Internet: iers@obspm.fr Paris, 24 October 1997 Bulletin D 72 ANNOUNCEMENT OF DUT1 From the 18 December 1997, 0h UTC until further notice, the value of DUT1 to be disseminated with the time signals will be DUT1 = + 0.2 s Bulletin D 73 should be issued in December 1997.