<p>I think you may be looking at the wrong date? -21.9964 is the first value in the current bulletin B but that is for 3/2/2016. The current bulletin B only seems to go up to 5/1/2016, with -134.3179 as the value. I think you may instead want bulletin A, which shows -0.154825s for today (5/12/2016)?</p>

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<p>Astronomic observations in geodesy.</p>

<p>It is well understood that sun and star positions may be expressed in Greenwich hour angle and declination. Or Right Ascension Declination. And may be published reckoned to Universal Time (UT), or TT.</p>

<p>An approximation of UT can be obtained by apply a correction (DUT) to UTC. That results in an expression of time described as UT1. DUT time offsets are published and broadcast (WWV shortwave radio) in 0.1" increments.</p>

<p>I'm looking for daily precise (better than 0.1") DUT corrections.</p>

<p>Current broadcast DUT correction is -0.2".</p>

<p>I have retrieved IERS Bulletin B, which has daily values of UT1-UTC in ms. Current value is -21.996 ms. Is it just me? Is -21.996 ms = -0.022"?</p>

<p>Or is there something in the IERS Bulletin B that I'm missing?</p>

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UTC to UT1 time corrections
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# UTC to UT1 time corrections

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-05-12)

Astronomic observations in geodesy.

It is well understood that sun and star positions may be expressed in Greenwich hour angle and declination. Or Right Ascension Declination. And may be published reckoned to Universal Time (UT), or TT.

An approximation of UT can be obtained by apply a correction (DUT) to UTC. That results in an expression of time described as UT1. DUT time offsets are published and broadcast (WWV shortwave radio) in 0.1" increments.

I'm looking for daily precise (better than 0.1") DUT corrections.

Current broadcast DUT correction is -0.2".

I have retrieved IERS Bulletin B, which has daily values of UT1-UTC in ms. Current value is -21.996 ms. Is it just me? Is -21.996 ms = -0.022"?

Or is there something in the IERS Bulletin B that I'm missing?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2016-05-12. Score: 1

I think you may be looking at the wrong date? -21.9964 is the first value in the current bulletin B but that is for 3/2/2016. The current bulletin B only seems to go up to 5/1/2016, with -134.3179 as the value. I think you may instead want bulletin A, which shows -0.154825s for today (5/12/2016)?

<http://maia.usno.navy.mil/ser7/ser7.dat>


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