Posted on 01/02/2010 8:37:01 AM PST by Fractal Trader
Thoreau never had one during his lifetime. Neither did George Washington nor Albert Einstein. Today in the United States, which uses the month/day/year format for dates, there is a rare chance to celebrate a palindrome date - 01/02/2010 - which reads the same forward as it does backward.
Discuss COMMENTS (40) Jan. 2, 2010, is the second such date out of 36 that occurs this millennium. The first was 10/02/2001.
Aziz Inan, a University of Portland electrical engineering professor, has been studying this phenomenon and speaks with great enthusiasm as he describes the history of palindrome dates.
Before 2001, he excitedly pointed out in an interview yesterday, the most recent was in 1308, since days of the month never exceed 31. The next date comes next year: 11/02/2011.
In much of the rest of the world, today’s date appears as day/month/year, or 02/01/2010. But for inhabitants of these countries, rest assured that there will be plenty of opportunities to celebrate even more than our paltry 36: they will get 60 between 2001 and 3000, Inan says.
“Once you put the day in front of the month, everything changes for the rest of the world,’’ said Inan, who is working on academic papers on the subject.
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I wouldn't doubt he's working on a government grant.
LOL!
>> But not in the UK, where today is 02/01/2010.
That’s an Obamadrome.
More!!!
As the offspring of a uni professor, “nothing but free time” on their hands is not a common occurrence. My guess is this is his hobby. The guy’s an EE, for pete’s sake.
Last palindrome of last millennium:
• 09/31/1390
So, actually it's: 08/31/1208
Oops, sorry. Apparently I somehow fat fingered by View Replies. Eeeek.
Showed this to my 10 year old.
“Cool daddy, notice it’s also the same upside down?”
No, I didn’t.
I think last palindrome date from last millennium was 08/31/1380.
Cool.
On another note, 2010 itself is rare in that the last two digits are the same as the first two when divided by two. Call this a semigram.
Other semigram years: 1809, 1608, 1407, 1206, 1005.
Next semigram year: 2211.
Sick, I know.
I don’t get it.
Oh, never mind, I do.
But an awesome kind of sick!
Explains a lot.
LOL! One good typo deserve another, eh?
>>>A man, a plan, a canal, Panama<<<
Ah I see you already beat me to it, so I’ll have to formulate a new one in its stead:
“May Art at a deli: Obama boiled a tat’r, a yam.”
At first...I thought this was another article about Sarah PALIN!a palindrome
My first thought? Your own special day - go Sarah!
12/02/2021
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