On 2023-08-26 17:58, John Sauter via LEAPSECS wrote:
According to the IERS, today, for the first time since the establishment of the modern definition of UTC in 1973, the quantity UT1-UTC crosses zero while increasing. If this continues we will have a negative leap second, probably some time in the 2030s. https://datacenter.iers.org/data/html/bulletina-xxxvi-034.html
I do not think that a negative leap second is coming up so soon with the latest predictions of the IERS. At the currently predicted LOD of -0.08 ms/d, it takes 24 years for UT1 - UTC to increase from 0.0 s to 0.7 s; and by then, leap seconds will have been "suspended". Michael Deckers. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
