International Time Bureau

The International Time Bureau (BIH) was an organization responsible for maintaining the world’s official time scale, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). It coordinated timekeeping across different countries by analyzing signals from atomic clocks and astronomical observations, ensuring that clocks worldwide are synchronized accurately. This synchronization is essential for navigation, communications, and science. Although its functions have now been integrated into other organizations like the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, historically, BIH played a crucial role in providing a consistent and precise reference for global timekeeping.