[meteorite-list] [OT] About Time + Tucson 2002

From: Frank Cressy <fcressy_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 09:54:06 2004
Message-ID: <001801c1b7da$ecf7c960$8934ff3f_at_pavilion>

>
>
> As the clock ticks over from 8:01PM on Wednesday, February 20th,
> 2002, time will (for sixty seconds only) read in perfect symmetry. To
> be more precise: 20:02, 02/20, 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) at 10:01AM, on January 10, 1001. And because the clock only
> goes up to 23.59, it is something that will never happen again.
>

Hi Geoff,

Actually there are several other times and dates with perfect symmetry that
have happened previously. Some of them are:
11:11 am, November 11, 1111
11:01 am, November 11, 1011
10:11 am, November 11, 1101
10:01 am, November 11, 1001
12:21 pm, November 11, 1221
13:31 pm, November 11, 1331
Also these same times and years will work with the center date being:
                  December 21
(I didn't use October 1 unless you want to write it 10/01)

Other possible dates are Jan. 1, Feb. 2, March 3, ....are symmetrical if
written (1/1, 2/2, ...) but wouldn't be symmetrical if using a digital clock
(01/01...).

In the future other dates with perfect symmetry, other than the one you
named, will be:
21:12 pm, either November 11 or December 21, 2112


Thanks again for hosting (w/ Steve) the Tucson party. It was a great time,
especially putting faces with names.

Sincerely,
Frank
Received on Sun 17 Feb 2002 12:45:42 PM PST