I understand that US dates are usually mm/dd/ccyy - a particularly useless
(for machines) way of expressing the date, but it follows how Americans
"say" their dates - October Second, Two Thousand One.
We express our dates as dd/mm/ccyy - a completely useless (for machines) way
of expressing the date, because we once "belonged" to the UK, and we say the
Second of October, Two Thousand and One.
But all our systems hold them as ccyymmdd - easy to compare, and we do a LOT
of date compares - and this saved our bacon on 1st January 2000 :)
By my reckoning, the next palindromic ccyymmdd format date will be
2010/01/02.
The nicest palindrome I have heard was reportedly spoken by Napoleon, soon
after his incarceration on Elba island.
"Able was I, 'ere I saw Elba"
Clearly a bitter man with time on his hands.....unlike me, or you probably.
Regards
Neil
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Mills [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 October 2001 02:12
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Today in 2001
I must correct your statement. You should have said;
"Today in 2001 produces the first palindromic date in America since the
year 1380:".
It happened here in the UK on the 10th February 2001. You see we write the
date as dd/mm/ccyy (ie, today is 02/10/2001) not mm/dd/ccyy (ie,
10/02/2001).
regards,
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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin G Mason [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 02 October 2001 12:24
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: OT: Today in 2001
Today in 2001 produces the first palindromic date
since the year 1380:
20011002 13800831
Martin Mason
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