Re: [Leica] "palindromic" moment

[Rei Shinozuka <shino@ubspw.com>]

ISO 8601

it got some press about 2 1/2 years ago, when all those computer
geeks were struggling with this thing called why two kay?

:-)

- -rei


> From: Christer Almqvist <chris@almqvist.net>
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> it looks even nicer when you write the date and time the way they do 
> it in Sweden, i.e starting with the largest denomination and working 
> downwards. I think it is an ISO standard, and it works well on my 
> computer too, because it makes sorting by date real easy. I started 
> using that system about 15 yrs ago and have kept it, but now even 
> Gates probably has a date sorting function in his programs.
> 
> Anyway it would look like this 2002 0220 2002
> 
> It works adding second and hundreds of seconds too, but then you will 
> have to get up earlier in the morning for the celebration.
> 
> 2002 0220 0220 2002
> 
> Chris
> 
> From: Mark Rabiner
> 
> >I got this from my Aunt.
> >
> >On February 20th this year (next Wednesday), precisely at 8.02 p.m., a
> >remarkable, "palindromic" moment in time will occur.  Although not
> >marked by any chiming of clocks or ringing of bells, at that precise
> >time and on that specific date, something will happen which has not
> >occurred for over 1,000 years.  And it will never happen again - ever!
> >
> >As the clock ticks over from 8.01p.m. on Wednesday, February 20, time
> >will (for sixty seconds only) reckon in a perfect symmetry:  20:02,
> >20/02, 2002. This is known as a "palindrome" - i.e., when a set of
> >numbers or letters reads exactly the same forward and backward.
> >
> >This is an event which, since the beginning of time, has happened only
> >once before.  That previous occasion was long before the digital watch
> >and the 24-hour clock were invented.  It occurred on January 10, 1001,
> >at 10.01a.m. [10:01, 10/01, 1001].   Because there are only 24 hours in
> >a day, after February 20th of this year, there will never again be an
> >occasion when time will reckon palindromically in this way.
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