Alright, strap in, it's time for some atomic time facts
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During 31 January 1968, UTC ran 3 millionths of a percent (0.002592 seconds) slower than TAI. But we removed 0.1 seconds from the end
Correction, I meant to say "TAI ran 3 millionths of a percent faster than UTC" above. Both times. Figures are correct though
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Here is the code I used to work out those year lengths https://gist.github.com/ferno/d92f218ab51bcecdd1075fa1e1fd07b6 …
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And here is the code for those day lengths https://gist.github.com/ferno/ecfcf88206f984a5fa8bcb73d6d505f9 …
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Ah, but this makes all the distinction between precise and approximate figures. Picoseconds matter to the atomic clocks!
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