No leap second 2026-06-30, per below. See attached patch. -- Tim Parenti ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: IERS EOP Product Center <[email protected]> Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 at 06:50 Subject: Bulletin C number 71 To: <[email protected]> INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS) SERVICE INTERNATIONAL DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE ET DES SYSTEMES DE REFERENCE SERVICE DE LA ROTATION TERRESTRE DE L'IERS OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS 61, Av. de l'Observatoire 75014 PARIS (France) Tel. : +33 1 40 51 23 35 e-mail : [email protected] http://hpiers.obspm.fr/eop-pc Paris, 06 January 2026 Bulletin C 71 To authorities responsible for the measurement and distribution of time INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI NO leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2026. The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is : from 2017 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -37 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. Christian BIZOUARD Director Earth Orientation Center of IERS Observatoire de Paris, France