2002-02-20 The palindrome will occur again on 2112-12-21 21-12, in 110 years, 10 months, 1 day, 1 h and 10 min. Anyone planning to be here for it?
John ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ma Be" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, 2002-02-20 11:32 Subject: [USMA:18308] Just a small correction on 200220022002 > On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 11:12:58 > Duncan Bath wrote: > ... > >>To night we will get, for a minute, a rare "palindrome" : we will > >>write time and date as 20 02 20 02 2002 (i.e. 20H 02, 20 February > >>2002) or 200220022002, which can be read in both directions. > > > >Not a real palindrome either. > > > >1. It is based on an ad hoc date form > >2. It relies on an illogical combination of the date and time. > >... > We've been through this before, Duncan. Please, stop saying that dd-mm-yyyy is 'illogical', will ya? While we had both agreed that yyyy-mm-dd would be more in line with how we state values overall, there IS logic behind using the opposite format (from small to big, remember?...). > > In any case, I found the above 'palindrome' quite amusing indeed, especially considering that we will NEVER have any such type of event EVER AGAIN! Therefore, let's please, just enjoy this... curious moment in history, shall we? > > Marcus > > > Is your boss reading your email? ....Probably > Keep your messages private by using Lycos Mail. > Sign up today at http://mail.lycos.com >
