While allowed to be up to 0.9 of a second out, presumably they are choosing to keep it closer, and within ± 0.5 if possible. The current prediction shows it is likely to be 660ms out on the 30th of June, while by December it would be 824!
On 8 January 2015 at 08:53, <[email protected]> wrote: > As we know, a leap second insertion has been scheduled for the end of june > this year. My personal bet ws on that date, but judging by the IERS > predictions of the UT1-UTC delta it could have been put off till december, > or even june/dec 2016 and still remained within the .9 sec limits defined > by ITU-R TF.460-6. Was this date chosen as a wakeup call to WP7A? > (rhetorical). > > _______________________________________________ > LEAPSECS mailing list > [email protected] > https://pairlist6.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs >
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