Theos-Talk Archives (February 2002 Message tt00594)

Here's something of minor interest that someone
forwarded to me at work.

-- Eldon

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> For those of you who get a kick out of such occurrences.... And
> for those portions of the world where the date format is dd/mm...
> and time format is the military time format....
>
> 8:02 PM on Feb 20, 2002 will be a historic moment in time.... As
> the clock ticks over from 8:01 PM on Wednesday, Feb 20 - for 60
> seconds time will read in perfect symmetry 2002 2002 2002 or
> 20:02, 20/02, 2002. The last occasion that time read in such a
> symmetric pattern was long before the days of the digital watch
> and the 24 hour clock - at 10:01 AM on Jan 10, 1001. And because
> the clock goes only up to 23:59, it is something that will never
> happen again. (Now - please don't spoil the fun of the moment by
> saying that there is similar symmetry in 2001 2001 2001 or 2003
> 2003 2003 .... - it is just not the same because it involves
> more than one non-zero digit...). May not be as poignant as the
> 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month which marks Armistice
> Day or as funny as CV referring to his child born on Oct 01, 2001
> (10/01/01) as a 'binary baby'... but significant all the
> same....
>
> Ramesh.