“Today is 02/02/2020, marking the first palindrome to occur in a numerical date in 909 years.

That means the date reads the same whether its read forwards, or backwards.

A palindrome is a sequence of numbers or letters that reads the same no matter how one reads it. For example, the words mom and dad are palindromes.

The last time a palindrome within a date occurred was 909 years ago on ‪11/11/1111‬.

The next one will come in 101 years on ‪12/12/2121‬…”

https://mol.im/a/7958327

Today is 02/03/2020

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Dang. Time gets away…

That's OK you can start prepping for 2121 now, or maybe buy a copy of 2112 and blast some Rush and get your mini palindrome on.

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
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Dang. Time gets away…

Get back in the wormhole.

So 01/02/2010 wouldn't be a palindrome?

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Originally posted by NavyAgShooter:

So 01/02/2010 wouldn't be a palindrome?

I just heard from the president of the Orlando Palindromic Society, who drives A TOYOTA. I have been informed that there is a palindromic date the following year, as well: 11-02-2011.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
I just heard from the president of the Orlando Palindromic Society, who drives A TOYOTA.

Four Runner?

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Originally posted by Pipe Smoker:
“Today is 02/02/2020, marking the first palindrome to occur in a numerical date in 909 years.

It is technically not a palindrome because of the '/' characters in it.
 
But, ignoring that little bit, it is also a palindrome using the ISO international standard date format: 2020-02-02

I bet we get one next year too. 12/02/2021

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Originally posted by radioman:

I bet we get one next year too.

11-02-2011

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Originally posted by V-Tail:

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Originally posted by NavyAgShooter:

So 01/02/2010 wouldn't be a palindrome?

I just heard from the president of the Orlando Palindromic Society, who drives A TOYOTA. I have been informed that there is a palindromic date the following year, as well: 11-02-2011.

The month and day have to have the same numeric value in order for the date with the year to be a palindrome in mm-dd-yyyy and dd-mm-yyyy formats on the same date. Note, yesterday was also the 33rd day of the year and there were 333 days left, 33333, which will never happen again on a palindrome date.

There have been several palindromes like this in recent years, including 11/02/2011 and 01/02/2010. And another coming up next year on 12/02/2021.

There are even more if you use m-dd-yyyy:
9/10/2019
8/10/2018
7/10/2017
6/10/2016
5/10/2015
4/10/2014
3/10/2013
2/10/2012
1/10/2011

Or m-d-yy
9/1/19
8/1/18
etc.

Where’s BOB the palindrome and why isn’t this his thread?

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Originally posted by midwest guy:
Where’s BOB the palindrome and why isn’t this his thread?

Pehaps he seeks his taco cat...

May a moody baby doom a yam.

Able was I ere I saw Elba

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Originally posted by 46and2:
May a moody baby doom a yam.

46, haven't seen you on here in forever...

A man, a plan, Panama.

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