11.11.11
Posted by: Don Atkinson on 11 November 2011
whichever way you look at today's date, it remains the same.
doesn't matter if its back-to-front or upside-down, it still reads 11.11.11
(ok, the .... bits do move up/down, but you get the idea)
I specifically recall 18.11.81 being similar, but
when was the last date this happened and when will be the next ?
Cheers
Don
The next one will be 22.22.22! 
The next one will be 22.22.22!
Not if it's upside down!
I am suprised no one has made some quip about the date changing depending on type of disk it is stored on ... all those 1s.
I really need to get out more.
Andrew
Yesterdays date only happens once every one hundred years
A family in my area had a baby born @ 11:11am on 11/11/11
It was my Brother -in- Laws Birthday yesterday!
All these examples post only the last two digits of the year but if the whole year is used, 11/02/2011 was our last palindromic date - at least here in the US where we place month/day/year.
Feb 11th, 2011 might have had someone excited elsewhere.
12/02/2021 is my next big scheduled party.
12/12/12 I'll likely stay in.
01/01/01 I'll likely miss.
As Big H says, dates with 2 don't work when upside down.
The only digits that work L/R and Upside Down (T/B) are "0", "1" and "8"
The date format that we normally use (in the UK) is dd/mm/yy
This means that L/R T/B palindromic dates can only occur in November ie month "11"
The most recent historic date (prior to 11/11/11) as far as I can deduce is 01/11/10
I'm not sure of the next furure date
I appreciate that others consider that palindromic dates should include dd/mm/yyyy and they don't need to include T/B and don't even need to appear identical in reflection (L/R)
Cheers
Don
As Big H says, dates with 2 don't work when upside down.
The only digits that work L/R and Upside Down (T/B) are "0", "1" and "8"
The date format that we normally use (in the UK) is dd/mm/yy
This means that L/R T/B palindromic dates can only occur in November ie month "11"
The most recent historic date (prior to 11/11/11) as far as I can deduce is 01/11/10
I'm not sure of the next furure date
I appreciate that others consider that palindromic dates should include dd/mm/yyyy and they don't need to include T/B and don't even need to appear identical in reflection (L/R)
Cheers
Don
2s do work upside down (if you spin, rather than flip). They look a bit strange, but they're still unmistakably 2s.
I'd now like to rant about the stupid american habit of putting the day between the month and year. It's illogical and dumb. It just is. Anyone who can't see this needs to put their brain into gear.
Unless ripped on a magic ripper when it is 10.10.10
Unless ripped on a magic ripper when it is 10.10.10
when reversed (L/R) this becones 01/01/01, which isn't the same as 10/10/10 - or am I missing something (probably) ? i think the appearnace and sequence have to be the same, both T/B and L/R
Cheers
Don
2s do work upside down (if you spin, rather than flip). They look a bit strange, but they're still unmistakably 2s.
I'd now like to rant about the stupid american habit of putting the day between the month and year. It's illogical and dumb. It just is. Anyone who can't see this needs to put their brain into gear.
2s work upside down only when they have been distorted to look like Ss, and, as you say, they have to be rotated, not flipped.
But they don't work L/R
I like your rant about the American mm/dd/yy - it really gets my goat too. although a lot of people here in the UK actuall say "November 17th" when actually talking.............
Cheers
Don
I like your rant about the American mm/dd/yy - it really gets my goat too. Although a lot of people here in the UK actuall say "November 17th" when actually talking.............
Cheers
Don
Yeah, we're on a losing team this time around.
Winky
101010 is the magic number 42.
Re: saying Nov 17th rather than 17th Nov, constant bombardment by US TV programmes (proper spelling).
I must admit to watching more US than Brit TV, saying that.
It hasn't affected my speech, as I was saying to significant other , whilst driving our sedan down the pavement, yesterday.
Bye ya'all
The only digits that work L/R and Upside Down (T/B) are "0", "1" and "8"
Perhaps not very relevant, but 6 and 9 work upside down, but not, alas, reversed.
The only digits that work L/R and Upside Down (T/B) are "0", "1" and "8"
Perhaps not very relevant, but 6 and 9 work upside down, but not, alas, reversed.
Yes, I had wondered about those as well, and "3" kinda looks similar whichever way we look at it, but..........
So, has anyone taken the time to figure out the next T/B : L/R palindromic date (I haven't, but I have this "gut" feeling its a long way off)
Cheers
Don
I like your rant about the American mm/dd/yy - it really gets my goat too. Although a lot of people here in the UK actuall say "November 17th" when actually talking.............
Cheers
Don
Yeah, we're on a losing team this time around.
Winky
A friend of mine posted on Farcebook last Friday:
"It's 11/11/11, not 11/11/11 - Stupid Americans"
Nice one Rod !
Cheers
Don
Ok,
My initial thoughts are that the next L/R T/B palindromic dates (using the UK dd/mm/yy) are
08/11/80 and
18/11/81 (which is 70 years from today ie 18th Nov 2081)
But these are just my initial thoughts and I could be completely wrong
Cheers
Don