on 2/20/2002 11:32 AM, Ma Be at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In any case, I found the above 'palindrome' >(the date-time 2002-20-02 20:02, in the yyy-dd-mm hh:mm format) > quite amusing indeed, especially > considering that we will NEVER have any such type of event EVER AGAIN!
Not true, Marcus. It occurs again at 2112-21-12 21:12 which (in the yyyy-dd-mm hh:mm format) is year 2112, 21st of December (month12) at 9:12 pm (21:00 = 9:pm). Of course, if one uses the yyyy-mm-dd format for dates, this won't happen again because there is no 21st month. But, if you use that format then the palindrome does not occur this time either (because there is no month #20 either). So I agree with Marcus that it is not a real palindrome anyway since it depends on which as hoc date format you pick. Perhaps by the year 2112 (by our calendar) dates will not be represented by the kinds of numbers we use in any case. Regards, Bill Hooper ======================== Keep It Simple - Make It Metric! ========================
