Time Goes On �------------- � �Believe it or not but 8.02pm on February 20 this year will be an �historic moment in time. � �It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing �of bells, but at that precise time, on that specific date, something �will happen which has not occurred for 1,001 years and will never �happen again. � �As the clock ticks over from 8.01pm on Wednesday, February 20, time �will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, �2002, or to be more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002. � �This historic event will never have the same poignancy as the 11th �hour of the 11th day of the 11th month which marks Armistice Day, but �it is an event which has only ever happened once before, and is something �which will never be repeated. � �The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long �before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock - at 10.01am on �January 10, 1001. � �And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will �never happen again. � �Now, of course, it can be pointed out that a similar event will occur at �9:12 pm on �December 12, 2112, but that does require a slightly more �artificial take on date formats. �
