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--- leapseconds	2012-01-06 10:47:32.000000000 +0000
+++ leapseconds.new	2012-01-06 10:49:42.000000000 +0000
@@ -48,40 +48,53 @@
 Leap	1998	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2005	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
 Leap	2008	Dec	31	23:59:60	+	S
+Leap	2012	Jun	30	23:59:60	+	S
 
-# INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
+#      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
 # 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France)
-# Tel.      : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 29
+# 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, 2 February 2011
+#                                               Paris, 5 January 2012
 #
-# Bulletin C 41
+#                                               Bulletin C 43
 #
-# To authorities responsible
-# for the measurement and
-# distribution of time
+#                                               To authorities responsible
+#                                               for the measurement and
+#                                               distribution of time
 #
-# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
 #
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2011.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :		
+#                                    UTC TIME STEP
+#                             on the 1st of July 2012
 #
-# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -34 s
 #
-# 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
-# will be no time step at the next possible date.
+#  A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2012.
+#  The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:
 #
-# Daniel GAMBIS
-# Head			
-# Earth Orientation Center of the IERS
-# Observatoire de Paris, France
+#                           2012 June 30,     23h 59m 59s
+#                           2012 June 30,     23h 59m 60s
+#                           2012 July  1,      0h  0m  0s
+#
+#  The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
+#
+#   from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2012 July 1  0h UTC  : UTC-TAI = - 34s
+#   from 2012 July 1,    0h UTC, until further notice    : UTC-TAI = - 35s
+#
+#  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
+#  will be no time step at the next possible date.
+#
+#
+#
+#                                               Daniel GAMBIS
+#                                               Head
+#                                               Earth Orientation Center of IERS
+#                                               Observatoire de Paris, France