Alan,

These are interesting too.  The originals have an additional left to right
and right to left symmetry from the center "/".

So far, 21:12 21/12 2112 and 11:11 11/11 1111 preserve that.

Regards,

Frank Gribbin


On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 09:32:43 -0700, Heter, Alan <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

>Gentle listers:
>It has been said on the list more than once:
>
>>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, 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.
>
>This has been bugging me. What about:
>
>20:03 20/03,2003
>20:04 20/04,2004
>20:05 20/05,2005
>20:06 20/06,2006
>20:07 20/07,2007
>...
>20:12 20/12,2012
>
>and in the past:
>19:01 19/01,1901
>.....
>19:12 19/12,1912
>
>18:01 18/01,1801
>....
>18:12 18/12,1812
>
>etc. etc. etc
>
>Alan Heter
>Senior Programmer Analyst - Information Systems
>Alliant Foodservice - Minneapolis
>2864 Eagandale Boulevard
>Eagan, MN 55121
>(651) 683-4206
>(651) 683-4438 fax
>

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