20:02, 20/02, 2002

[Escalade]

As the clock ticks over from 8:01 P.M. on Wednesday,
February 20th, 2002, time will (for sixty seconds
only) 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

 

[her209]

We need 30 hour days.

 

[Escalade]

If you missed this one, there will be another one in about 110 years...
December 21, 2112 or 21:12, 21/12/2112.

 

[5489]

<< If you missed this one, there will be another one in about 110 years...
December 21, 2112 or 21:12, 21/12/2112. >>



you just said, it will never happen again, with 20:02, 20/02, 2002...

what's the deal?

 

[Aves]

<< If you missed this one, there will be another one in about 110 years...
December 21, 2112 or 21:12, 21/12/2112. >>


Didn't your first post say this would never happen again?

 

[Eli]

chuckle

 

[tweakmm]

lol escalade.....

 

[Escalade]

<< you just said, it will never happen again, with 20:02, 20/02, 2002... what's the deal? >>



I was wrong.

 

[isasir]

So... what was everyone here doing during this momentous occasion?

I was picking lint out of my belly button.

Edit: Hey, kinda ironic that my 666th post is in this thread.

Symmetrical Rishi

 

[geekybear]

that was pretty cool to look down at the watch and see that

 

[Ismisus]

20:02 20/02 2002 will never happen again just like 18:44 20/02 2002 will never happen again

 

[sciencetoy]

I was sitting on the phone on hold with my credit card company, playing Solitaire. Kinda sums up my life these days.

 

[CStroman]

The last time this happened was November 11, 1111.

 

[Escalade]

I still have about 2-hours until 20:02 local time... I just started a countdown timer... and to quote Sciencetoy, "Kinda sums up my life these days."

 

[MeanMeosh]

<< As the clock ticks over from 8:01 P.M. on Wednesday,
February 20th, 2002, time will (for sixty seconds
only) 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 >>



that is such crap... americans have always put month/date/year... and you change it just so that it will be symmetrical or something... at least be consistent...