Here`s an interesting fact about time.



Believe it or not but 8:02 P.M. on February 20 this year will be a historic moment in time.



It will not be marked by the chiming of any clocks or the ringing of any 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 8:01 P.M. on Wednesday February 20, time will, for sixty seconds only, read in perfect symmetry 2002, 2002, 2002, or to be more precise – 20:02, 20/02, 2002.



This historic event will never have the same poignancy as the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month which marks Armistice Day, but it is an event which has only ever happened once before, and is something which will never be repeated.



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 10:01 A.M. on January 10, 1001.



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



:D

Um, isn't it: 20:02 02/20 2002?

That's cool huh?

:cool:

Haze, us Aussies read dates dd/mm/yyyy

Which makes more sense to me, smallest to largest.

Originally posted by Haze
Um, isn't it: 20:02 02/20 2002?

It would be in the American style of writing dates. But the standard European formation is DD:MM:YY.

Regards
Matt

Originally posted by Haze
Um, isn't it: 20:02 02/20 2002?

Reality is what you make it ;)

Hi!
I'm confused... :(
What's the historic part here...
The numbers are the same..... ???

As for something not happening again.... guess what past is the past... it would never happen again way. There would not be another Sep 12...
... The list is long and that is history...

Have a great day :)

regards
Amar

P.S. What am I writing..... I'm in a crazy mood...

Originally posted by bobcares

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There would not be another Sep 12...
... The list is long and that is history...

[snip ..]



Sep 12, like in Sep 11 ;)

I still keep wondering why Americans are measuring dates in mm/dd/yyyy? It does not make too much sense mixing larger and smaller time units.

I think generally we should either use dd/mm/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd.
Going from larger to smaller or vice-versa... but not mixing them around.

sjau

Originally posted by sjau
I still keep wondering why Americans are measuring dates in mm/dd/yyyy? It does not make too much sense mixing larger and smaller time units.

I think generally we should either use dd/mm/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd.
Going from larger to smaller or vice-versa... but not mixing them around.

True :)

Personally (non-American) I use mm-dd-yyyy when backing up files, and have different dirs for different years. Means they sort themselves.

Outside the PC world, I'm a dd-mm-yyyy kind of guy ;)

Douglas

Originally posted by DougBTX


True :)

Personally (non-American) I use mm-dd-yyyy when backing up files, and have different dirs for different years. Means they sort themselves.

Outside the PC world, I'm a dd-mm-yyyy kind of guy ;)

Douglas

For filenames, I use yyyy-mm-dd, it will sort correctly without depending on file timestamps. Files with either dd-mm-yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy format cannot be sorted so easily.

Originally posted by sjau
I still keep wondering why Americans are measuring dates in mm/dd/yyyy? It does not make too much sense mixing larger and smaller time units.

I think generally we should either use dd/mm/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd.
Going from larger to smaller or vice-versa... but not mixing them around.

sjau

And with popularity of both dd/mm/yyyy and mm/dd/yyyy format, it is hard to tell dates like 06/08/2002, is it August 6th or June 8th? I think the world needs a unified standard.

Originally posted by DougBTX


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

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



What about December 21st, 2112?

21:12, 21/12, 2112 ?

what am I missing?

You aren't missing anything:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020219/ap_on_sc/brite_once_upon_a_time_1

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/krcharlotte/20020220/lo/tonight_you_can_experience_a_perfect_moment_in_time_1.html

And what about February 22, 2222, at 10:22:22 PM? 22:22:22 22/2/2222 ? Isn't that even better?

Originally posted by cperciva
And what about February 22, 2222, at 10:22:22 PM? 22:22:22 22/2/2222 ? Isn't that even better?

Naa, the total of 2s is not divisable by 2 ;)

Originally posted by DougBTX
Naa, the total of 2s is not divisable by 2 ;)

In that case, wait another fifth of a second. ;)