[time-nuts] Trivia

[Rex]

Marc Balmer wrote:

>
> Am 07.07.2009 um 22:49 schrieb J. Forster:
>
>> AT 5 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS AFTER 4 A.M.,  ON THE 8TH OF JULY, THIS  
>> YEAR,
>> THE TIME AND DATE WILL BE: 04:05:06 07-08-09
>>
>> THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL THE YEAR 3009!!!
>
>
> pretty wrong.  in europe we will have in about one month:
>
> 04:05:06 07.08.09
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> (7th of august, five mins and 6 seconds after 4o clock in the morning.)
>
> let's not forget about september 2010:
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> 05:06:07 08.09.10
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> and of course october 2011:
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> 06:07:08 09.10.11
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> and november 2012:
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> 07:08:09 10.11.12
>
> see what you can get from a sane date scheme like DD.MM.YY?  much 
> more  funny times/dates ;)
>
> - Marc
>
>

The sanity of the scheme doesn't much change the ability to celebrate 
these trivia.

In fact, the US scheme gives one extra day to celebrate per century. 
Your sane scheme can't do
09:10:11 12/13/14 but we can.