#81669
02/20/2002 10:07 AM
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This was posted by one of my site members...
As the clock ticks over from 8:01PM on Wednesday, February 20th, 2002, time
will, for sixty seconds, read in perfect symmetry. To be more precise:
20:02, 20/02, 2002. 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 (or the 24-hour clock): 10:01AM, on
January 10, 1001. And because the clock only goes up to 23:59, it is
something that will never happen again.
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#81670
02/20/2002 10:34 AM
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It's not the second time...
For example, US clock:
12:21, 12/21, 1221
Both clocks:
11:11, 11/11, 1111
It's not the last time in non-US clock:
21:12, 21/12. 2112
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#81671
02/20/2002 6:58 PM
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Oy, it's a palindrome of time! Very poetic!
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#81672
02/20/2002 8:52 PM
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Just happened in Central time. It's still 20:02 as I'm posting this.
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#81673
02/21/2002 12:24 AM
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The world has ended!  It's already happened here like 20 hours ago. Not too exciting. *sigh*
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#81674
02/21/2002 5:37 AM
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The next one is: 21/12, 2112 at 21.12 I think. (correct me if I'm wrong).
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#81675
02/21/2002 6:58 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by LK:
It's not the last time in non-US clock:
21:12, 21/12. 2112
:D
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#81676
02/21/2002 3:28 PM
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Ok, you've won  
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#81677
02/21/2002 6:01 PM
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It will happen again i forget the exact date but it will happen again 
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