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    40 # and publishes leap second data in a copyrighted file
    40 # and publishes leap second data in a copyrighted file
    41 # <https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/Leap_Second.dat>.
    41 # <https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/Leap_Second.dat>.
    42 # See: Levine J. Coordinated Universal Time and the leap second.
    42 # See: Levine J. Coordinated Universal Time and the leap second.
    43 # URSI Radio Sci Bull. 2016;89(4):30-6. doi:10.23919/URSIRSB.2016.7909995
    43 # URSI Radio Sci Bull. 2016;89(4):30-6. doi:10.23919/URSIRSB.2016.7909995
    44 # <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7909995>.
    44 # <https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7909995>.
       
    45 
    45 # There were no leap seconds before 1972, because the official mechanism
    46 # There were no leap seconds before 1972, because the official mechanism
    46 # accounting for the discrepancy between atomic time and the earth's rotation
    47 # accounting for the discrepancy between atomic time and the earth's rotation
    47 # did not exist.
    48 # did not exist.  The first ("1 Jan 1972") data line in leap-seconds.list
       
    49 # does not denote a leap second; it denotes the start of the current definition
       
    50 # of UTC.
    48 
    51 
    49 # The correction (+ or -) is made at the given time, so lines
    52 # The correction (+ or -) is made at the given time, so lines
    50 # will typically look like:
    53 # will typically look like:
    51 #	Leap	YEAR	MON	DAY	23:59:60	+	R/S
    54 #	Leap	YEAR	MON	DAY	23:59:60	+	R/S
    52 # or
    55 # or
    81 Leap	2015	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
    84 Leap	2015	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
    82 Leap	2016	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
    85 Leap	2016	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
    83 
    86 
    84 # POSIX timestamps for the data in this file:
    87 # POSIX timestamps for the data in this file:
    85 #updated 1467936000
    88 #updated 1467936000
    86 #expires 1561680000
    89 #expires 1577491200
    87 
    90 
    88 #	Updated through IERS Bulletin C56
    91 #	Updated through IERS Bulletin C57
    89 #	File expires on:  28 June 2019
    92 #	File expires on:  28 December 2019