What about:  21:12,  21/12,  2112  (Why would that not be symmetrical)

Bill Harris

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Baier [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2002 10:13 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT: An Interesting Minute in Time

It will repeat itself several times that day depending on why time-zone
you
are in. At least 4 times in the lower 48's

Michael

On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 11:05:50 -0500, Frank Gribbin
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wrote:

>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.
>
>Regards,
>
>Frank Gribbin
>Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
>
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