21:12 21 12 2112 would be 'symmetrical' another date/time

Time is an illusion.  Lunchtime doubly so.

-Adam

Russell McMahon wrote:

>A good enough once in an eternity event to post to a few lists where it is
>(almost) irrelevant.
>
>Note that while the following refers to a single hour the date 20 02 2002
>lasts on earth for 48 hours. It's already started here in NZ (30 minutes
>ago(and I must go to bed) ) and will end in Alaska and a few other places
>48.5 hours from now.
>
>NB:    To take part in this (almost) unique experience USA'ites are going to
>have to learn to write the date properly for one day ie 20 02 2002 rather
>than the more normal (for them) 02 20 2002.
>
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> SYNCHRONIZE YOUR WATCHES!
>
> 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 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 October 1, 1001.
> And because the clock only goes up to 23.59, it is something that will
> never happen again.
>
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