If the month and day are in the middle positions, there are many palindromes with year 
and time.  The month and day can be 1111 or any of a host of dates.

Kim Sherman
Associate Professor of Decision Science
Loyola College
4501 N. Charles Street
Baltimore, MD  21210
410.617.2460

>>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 02/26 12:20 PM >>>
In a message dated Tue, 26 Feb 2002  6:55:30 AM Eastern Standard Time, Barbara and/or 
Bill Hooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

-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

In the year 2112, of course, the Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue group will be 
basking in the victory of their 13th decennial postponement of metric labeling they 
wrung out of the EU three years prior.

Carleton

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