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-# @(#)leapseconds	8.5
+# @(#)leapseconds	8.6
 
 # Allowance for leapseconds added to each timezone file.
 
@@ -44,40 +44,49 @@ Leap	1995	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	1997	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	1998	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2005	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
+Leap	2008	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 
 # INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
 #
 # SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE
 #
 # SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE
-# OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS				
+# 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  : services.iers@obspm.fr
+# e-mail    : services.iers@obspm.fr
+# http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc
 #
-# Paris, 18 January 2008
+# Paris, 4 July 2008
 #
-# Bulletin C 35
+# Bulletin C 36
 #
-# To authorities responsible		
+# To authorities responsible
 # for the measurement and
-# distribution of time	
+# distribution of time
 #
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
+# UTC TIME STEP
+# on the 1st of January 2009
 #
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :		
+# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008.
+# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:		
 #
-# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -33 s
+# 2008 December 31,     23h 59m 59s
+# 2008 December 31,     23h 59m 60s
+# 2009 January   1,      0h  0m  0s
+#
+# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
+#
+# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2009 January 1  0h UTC  : UTC-TAI = - 33s
+# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice       : UTC-TAI = - 34s
 #
 # Leap seconds can be introduced in UTC at the end of the months of December
-# or June,  depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
-# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC, or to confirm that there
+# or June, depending on the evolution of UT1-TAI. Bulletin C is mailed every
+# six months, either to announce a time step in UTC or to confirm that there
 # will be no time step at the next possible date.
 #
 # Daniel GAMBIS
-# Head			
-# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
+# Head		
+# Earth Orientation Center of IERS
 # Observatoire de Paris, France