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Another Interesting Date

Tue, 02/19/2002 - 13:29 — cybrhippy

Believe it or not, 8:02pm on February 20 this year will be an historic moment in time.

It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing of bells, but at that precise time, on that specific date, something will happen which has not occurred for 1,001 years and will never happen again.

As the clock ticks over from 8:01pm on Wednesday, 20th February, time will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry: 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be more precise - 20:02, 20/02, 2002.

The last occasion that time read in such a symmetrical pattern was long before the days of the digital watch and the 24-hour clock at 10:01am on January 10, 1001.

And because the clock only goes up to 23:59, it is something that will NEVER happen again.

Just something I got in my email.

Comments

Tue, 02/19/2002 - 14:36 — atrox (not verified)

Re: Another interesting Date

thats pretty cool, never thought about that, we should all have a margarita or something! thanks for the post hippy.

Tue, 02/19/2002 - 14:43 — atrox (not verified)

Re: Another interesting Date

was just thinking about this a sec

what about 1221 1221 1221?
12:21 on December 21, 1221?

Thu, 02/21/2002 - 00:12 — kynan (not verified)

Re: Another interesting Date

or 2112 21/12 2112

Thu, 02/21/2002 - 08:24 — atrox (not verified)

Re: Another interesting Date

i was thinking about that one too (great rush album also) but in order for that one to work you have to reverse the month and day to day/month, its sorta a stretch, but maybe.

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