> > It may be interesting to note in passing that today's date is > > 2 / 2 / 2 Rod noted - > And will soon be 20/02/2002 This doesn't work for Americans ! :-) Unlike my example, which occurs 12 times every 1000 years, Rod's example only happens 3 times in the 10,000 years after the birth of Christ, has happened once already and will (may ? :-) ) next happen just over 1000 years from now and then not again for the next 7000 odd years. After that we would need a 5 digit year date and the pattern is broken. RM -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics