Palindromic date

Quartz · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:05

Today, 2nd Feb 2020, is 02022020 - or 20200202.

Haze · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:15

Wow, super interesting....

Quartz · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:16

Deleted member 77746 · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:32

ai, only comes around once. Ever.

Dis86 · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:34

Coooooool

Illuminist · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:37

Quartz said:
Today, 2nd Feb 2020, is 02022020 - or 20200202.

That is cool, won't happen again for 1010 years?

Danm54 · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:37

It's so much more than that, don't underestimate today.

Quartz · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:39

Illuminist said:
That is cool, won't happen again for 1010 years?

Not until next year, 12th Feb 2021 or 12022021.

Illuminist · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:42

Quartz said:
Not until next year, 12th Feb 2021 or 12022021.

Oh

Orionaut · 2 Feb 2020 at 12:52

Of course there was that time when digital watches went 12345678

Flibster · 2 Feb 2020 at 13:19

Danm54 said:
It's so much more than that, don't underestimate today.

Came into the tread to post exactly this.

Matt Parker is fantastic (Humble Pie is a very interesting book). Very funny chap too, Festival of the Spoken Nerd is great fun.

FBi7 · 2 Feb 2020 at 13:31

Illuminist said:
That is cool, won't happen again for 1010 years?

If you accommodate both date formats, DD/MM and the wrong American MM/DD, it would be 1010 years til the next one. I think.

Danm54 · 2 Feb 2020 at 13:53

Flibster said:
Came into the tread to post exactly this.

Matt Parker is fantastic (Humble Pie is a very interesting book). Very funny chap too, Festival of the Spoken Nerd is great fun.

Recently listened to Humble Pi and like you, found it very interesting, a small glimpse into a world behind the face of todays tech. I'd like to think I followed most of it, but it's almost a different language.

Didn't know he had a YT channel so I'll give more of his content a watch.

Flibster · 2 Feb 2020 at 14:25

Danm54 said:
Recently listened to Humble Pi and like you, found it very interesting, a small glimpse into a world behind the face of todays tech. I'd like to think I followed most of it, but it's almost a different language.

Didn't know he had a YT channel so I'll give more of his content a watch.

We're going to see his live show soon. *can't remember when* Should be fun.