Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2020/02/02/why-02-02-20-is-the-most-palin.html
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Coming up on 2:22 Eastern time. 14:41 works just as well.
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2020-02-02, still checks out
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Errr, 020220 is not palindromic.
02022020 is.
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Palindrome time: Noon
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Mildly put off by the fact that the word palindrome is not itself a palindrome. Linguists, in my humble opinion, should rectify this by inventing a new word for the palidrome, like the ordnilapalindro, for instance.
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And it needs to be square-able, too.
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I’m holding out for February 22 to get the most palindromic date and time.
2020-02-22 20:02:02
(Hyphens and colons may be omitted as per ISO 8601.)
20200222200202
Edit: Wait, Feb 11 works too, if less aesthetically pleasing. We can have two parties this month!
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Or a zaz word. It implies a-z, is short and satisfies the new palindromic requirement.
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Meh, 11-11-1111 at 11:11 wins all.
Edit: proving it, when I posted this it was comment 11/11. Bam!
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Tangentially related, afaik one of the most meta-spanning palindromes on offer is “level”. Satisfies on literary typographic, meaningful and plausibly mechanical-diagrammatic planes.
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Does any “normal” human, who doesn’t have to deal with computer alphanumeric sorting, pad datetimes with 0?
It’s not a thing, this is imaginary like those 18 triangles.
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I do. I like to write dates as 02FEB2020 because almost nobody else does, and it’s unambiguous as to which portion is day and which is month.
But I agree that this 02/02/2020 business is far fetched, to your point.
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Well if we’re going to compare Julian and Gregorian dates, where will it end? Dogs marrying cats?
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Just who do you think you’re dealing with here?
But yes, the standard is YYYYMMDD with all the spaces filled in.
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I got into the habit because of computer alphanumeric sorting, and do it all the time now. I have yet to come across someone who can’t cope with it.
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I knew my Birthday would be special eventually.
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And it’s also groundhog day!
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And it’s also groundhog day!
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Define “normal.” Anyone who has dealt with computers (basically everyone) is at least aware of leading zeroes in dates.
