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DUT1 is a time correction equal to the difference betweenUniversal Time (UT1), which is defined byEarth's rotation, andCoordinated Universal Time (UTC), which is defined by a network of precisionatomic clocks, with a precision of +/- 0.1s.[1][2]
UTC is maintained vialeap seconds, such that DUT1 remains within the range −0.9 s < DUT1 < +0.9 s. The reason for this correction is partly that the rate of rotation of the Earth is not constant, due totidal braking and the redistribution of mass within the Earth, including its oceans and atmosphere, and partly because theSI second (as now used forUTC) was, when adopted, a little shorter than the current value of the second of mean solar time.[a]
Daily observed values of UT1 - UTC for the past week, and daily forecast values for the coming year, are published byIERSBulletin A, with more digits than for DUT1. Final values are published in the monthly IERSBulletin B. DUT1 forecasts are published in IERSBulletin D.
Severaltime signal services broadcast values of DUT1.CHU (Canada),HLA (South Korea),MSF (United Kingdom), andWWV (United States) transmit DUT1 with 0.1 s precision. In Russia,RWM,RTZ and the longwaveRBU transmit DUT1 with 0.1 s precision and an additional correction dUT1 in 0.02 s increments.[3]