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IERS Message No. 233                                       July 12, 2013
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The Role of the IERS in the Leap Second


An article by Brian Luzum, Chair of IERS Directing Board, on "The Role
of the IERS in the Leap Second", will be published in the ITU News
Magazine. A preview version of this article is now available at

http://www.iers.org/biblio


The summary reads:

The IERS has served the international scientific community and
operationally oriented efforts through its service for more than
twenty-five years. This includes providing Earth orientation
information, algorithms and software to utilize EOPs, and leap second
notifications to the world. With recent efforts, the IERS has positioned
itself to more completely serve the needs of its users whether the
current definition of UTC is retained or whether UTC is redefined to
eliminate leap seconds. Either way, the ITU can rely on the IERS to
support its users with the data and software needed.

Kind regards,
IERS Central Bureau


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