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Happy Palindrome Day! 01-02-2010 Can Be Read As a Mirror Image
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by Amy Judd | January 2, 2010 at 08:18 am
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It's January 2nd 2010 and that means Happy Palindrome Day!
What is a Palindrome?
A palindrome is a word, phrase, or series of numbers that can be read the same way in either direction, backwards or forwards.
So for the second time in just six centuries the date today, is a palindrome.
If you write the date today in the MM-DD-YYYY format, such as this 01-02-2010 it can be read the same backwards 0102-02-01.
The last time it happened was on October 1st 2001, 10-02-2001 and before that was over six hundred years ago.
“The amazing thing is, the one before that was Aug. 31, 1380 or 08-31-1380,” said Inan, a math puzzle enthusiast. “That was 620 years ago.”
The next one is scheduled for November 2, 2011, or 11-02-2011.
“Palindrome dates are notably rare. They only occur in the first few centuries of a millennium,” said Inan
The last palindrome day of this millennium will occur on September 22 2290, or 09-22-2290.
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at 09:08 on January 4th, 2010
In Italy is the 1st day of febbruary...we write the date like this: DD/MM/YYYY