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diff --git a/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds b/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds
index 35df858..2c12104 100644
--- a/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds
+++ b/share/zoneinfo/leapseconds
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ Leap 1995 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1997 Jun 30 23:59:60 + S
Leap 1998 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
+Leap 2008 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
# INTERNATIONAL EARTH ROTATION AND REFERENCE SYSTEMS SERVICE (IERS)
#
@@ -56,9 +57,9 @@ Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
# FAX : 33 (0) 1 40 51 22 91
# Internet : services.iers@obspm.fr
#
-# Paris, 18 January 2008
+# Paris, 4 July 2008
#
-# Bulletin C 35
+# Bulletin C 36
#
# To authorities responsible
# for the measurement and
@@ -66,11 +67,21 @@ Leap 2005 Dec 31 23:59:60 + S
#
# INFORMATION ON UTC - TAI
#
-# NO positive leap second will be introduced at the end of June 2008.
-# The difference between Coordinated Universal Time UTC and the
-# International Atomic Time TAI is :
#
-# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = -33 s
+# UTC TIME STEP
+# on the 1st of January 2009
+#
+# A positive leap second will be introduced at the end of December 2008.
+# The sequence of dates of the UTC second markers will be:
+#
+# 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 59s
+# 2008 December 31, 23h 59m 60s
+# 2009 January 1, 0h 0m 0s
+#
+# The difference between UTC and the International Atomic Time TAI is:
+#
+# from 2006 January 1, 0h UTC, to 2009 January 1 0h UTC : UTC-TAI = - 33s
+# from 2009 January 1, 0h UTC, until further notice : UTC-TAI = - 34s
#
# 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
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