Alright, strap in, it's time for some atomic time facts
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Correction, I meant to say "TAI ran 3 millionths of a percent faster than UTC" above. Both times. Figures are correct though
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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For reference, a typical 24-hour day runs for 24*60*60 = 86400 seconds, and a typical 365-day year runs for 86400*365 = 31536000 seconds
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