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Cody Dawg · Apr 4, 2006, 11:34 AM

On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

That won't ever happen again.

iLikebeer · 11:46 AM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

That won't ever happen again.

Calendars are relative. All we'd need is a new calendar system after our lizardic overlords finally conquer us. That is pretty cool though.

And it'll happen again when the PM rolls around.

edit* or 2106, 2206, 2306, 2406....still cool though

Dark Helmet · Apr 4, 2006, 11:44 AM

So what do we set our clocks to? Eastern time?

davesimondotcom · Apr 4, 2006, 11:45 AM

I suppose it's how you read the time/date. Some formats are different than others, but still, interesting.

Reminds me of when 11/31/1999 passed and it was the last time that all the numbers in a date would be odd numbers until the year 3111.

February 2, 2000 was the first all even day since August 28, 888.

Doofy · Apr 4, 2006, 11:49 AM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

Actually, this Wednesday it'll be 01:02:03 05/04/06.

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

That won't ever happen again.

Yes it will. In 3006.

This reminds me of way back in 2002. Last palindromic year until 2112. Of course, when we realised this everyone started running around screaming... "We are the preeeeeests... of the temmmmples..."*

(* if anyone reading this doesn't know what I'm on about, go get yourselves some musical taste

)

Dakar · Apr 4, 2006, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

I suppose it's how you read the time/date. Some formats are different than others, but still, interesting.

Reminds me of when 11/31/1999 passed and it was the last time that all the numbers in a date would be odd numbers until the year 3111.

February 2, 2000 was the first all even day since August 28, 888.

You're totally effing with my mind.

d4nth3m4n · Apr 4, 2006, 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

That won't ever happen again.

yeah, uh, what about in 1000 years, 100 years, on may 4th in... well, everywhere else?

yeah, it's novel, but it's about as lame as the math departments "pi" party held 3 days before st. pattys day every year.

iLikebeer · Apr 4, 2006, 11:55 AM

Originally Posted by Doofy

Actually, this Wednesday it'll be 01:02:03 05/04/06.

Yes it will. In 3006.

This reminds me of way back in 2002. Last palindromic year until 2112. Of course, when we realised this everyone started running around screaming... "We are the preeeeeests... of the temmmmples..."*

(* if anyone reading this doesn't know what I'm on about, go get yourselves some musical taste

)

lol, that just shows the relativity of calendars. I do like the euro dd/mm/yyyy better though, it makes more sense.

and you'll be about 900 years late celebrating the next 01:02:03 04/05/06 thing. It'll happen an infinite amount of times, every hundred years, assuming we keep using a base 10 system for counting.

Daveecee · Apr 4, 2006, 11:56 AM

Originally Posted by Cody Dawg

On Wednesday of this week, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.

That won't ever happen again.

What about at 1 o'clock in the afternoon?

Goldfinger · Apr 4, 2006, 11:58 AM

You mean 01:02:03 05/04/06 ?

EDIT: meh, nevermind. This happens when you leave threads open too long before actually replying. Doofy beat me to it.

PS: the concept of putting month before day is retarded.

davesimondotcom · Apr 4, 2006, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Daveecee

What about at 1 o'clock in the afternoon?

That's 13:02:03...

Dakar · Apr 4, 2006, 12:01 PM

I found 8/8/88 and 9/9/99 more interesting.

Daveecee · Apr 4, 2006, 12:02 PM

Originally Posted by Goldfinger

You mean 01:02:03 05/04/06 ?

EDIT: meh, nevermind. This happens when you leave threads open too long before actually replying. Doofy beat me to it.

PS: the concept of putting month before day is retarded.

Like earlier people said: it's all about what format you use. I use the same format as CD (hh:mm:ss MM/DD/YY)

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

That's 13:02:03

Pffft, nobody I know uses 24 hour time.

Doofy · Apr 4, 2006, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by iLikebeer

and you'll be about 900 years late celebrating the next 01:02:03 04/05/06 thing. It'll happen an infinite amount of times, every hundred years, assuming we keep using a base 10 system for counting.

Doh!

/slaps self upside of head.

iLikebeer · Apr 4, 2006, 12:05 PM

Originally Posted by Daveecee

Like earlier people said: it's all about what format you use. I use the same format as CD (hh:mm:ss MM/DD/YY)

Pffft, nobody I know uses 24 hour time.

This country wouldn't run without zulu time....a 24 hour time system based upon Greenich, England.

Daveecee · 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by Goldfinger

PS: the concept of putting month before day is retarded.

Er, why is that? That format is used because the lengthy format usually practiced is something like "April 5, 2006" or "April 5 of 2006" or whatever.

Daveecee · Apr 4, 2006, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by iLikebeer

This country wouldn't run without zulu time....a 24 hour time system based upon Greenich, England.

GMT is not what I meant by a 24-hour time... Obviously there are approximately 24 hours in a day. I meant writing out "13" instead of "1" and "14" instead of "2" for PM times.

Dakar · Apr 4, 2006, 12:10 PM

Originally Posted by Daveecee

Er, why is that? That format is (widely) used because the lengthy format usually practiced is something like "April 5, 2006" or "April 5 of 2006" or whatever.

It's illogical though. Like if we did Minutes, seconds, hours for time (i.e., 37.11.05 for 5:37.11)

Doofy · Apr 4, 2006, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by Daveecee

Er, why is that? That format is (widely) used

In North America... ...AFAIK everywhere else uses dd/mm/yy. Including England, who invented time*.

(* yes, that's right. You can't sit down and have dinner at 7pm until our boys at Greenwich say it's 7pm)

Originally Posted by Daveecee

because the lengthy format usually practiced is something like "April 5, 2006" or "April 5 of 2006" or whatever.

How is that better than "5th of April, 2006" ?

iLikebeer · Apr 4, 2006, 12:12 PM

Originally Posted by Daveecee

Er, why is that? That format is (widely) used because the lengthy format usually practiced is something like "April 5, 2006" or "April 5 of 2006" or whatever.

It's easier to type. I've seen it in a lot of military journals. "4 June 1943" is easier to read than June 4, 1943 and you don't have to worry about the commas. And it makes sense linearly. Go from shortest period of time to longest. Or, use the idea that that you go from most important info to least important. Hour:minute:second. It should be the same with dates. Everyone should already know what month it is, but the day is important.

Chuckit · Apr 4, 2006, 12:17 PM

Except that nobody says "Thirty-seventh minute, eleventh hour" when reading the time.

Dork. · Apr 4, 2006, 12:18 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

This reminds me of way back in 2002. Last palindromic year until 2112. Of course, when we realised this everyone started running around screeching... "We are the preeeeeests... of the temmmmples...", and sounding like nails scraped on chalkboard, eh?

Fixed.

iLikebeer · Apr 4, 2006, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by iLikebeer

It's easier to type. I've seen it in a lot of military journals. "4 June 1943" is easier to read than June 4, 1943 and you don't have to worry about the commas. And it makes sense linearly. Go from shortest period of time to longest. Or, use the idea that that you go from most important info to least important. Hour:minute:second. It should be the same with dates. Everyone should already know what month it is, but the day is important.

Scratch that logic for shortest to longest, just use the most important part.
You need to know the hour most of the time same as you need to know what day it might be. The minutes are irrelevant as far as part of the day, just as everyone should know what month it is. They go against each other for shortest to longest, but they do give you the pertinent info first if you do it the Euro way.

Originally Posted by daveecee

GMT is not what I meant by a 24-hour time... Obviously there are approximately 24 hours in a day. I meant writing out "13" instead of "1" and "14" instead of "2" for PM times.

Us pilots do. We met at PBC at 2200 last night. Do you realize how much easier it is to catch a train at 2230 than misread the schedule and realize there's no 1030PM train coming for you because you misread it? Once you get used to it, it's great. For a while, you have to think in terms of 1600 = 4PM, but after a while, it's great. I wish everyone used 24 hour time, you wouldn't ever be confused about the am/pm or have to convert times unless it was to different time zones or zulu.

Daveecee · Apr 4, 2006, 12:19 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

In North America... ...AFAIK everywhere else uses dd/mm/yy. Including England, who invented time*.

(* yes, that's right. You can't sit down and have dinner at 7pm until our boys at Greenwich say it's 7pm)

I'm in North America.

Originally Posted by Doofy

How is that better than "5th of April, 2006" ?

How did "better" become included in this discussion? There are dozens of formats people use, who cares which ones they do use? As long as you can tell what day of the year they are talking about, I simply fail to see a problem here.

Railroader · Apr 4, 2006, 02:10 PM

Originally Posted by Daveecee

Pffft, nobody I know uses 24 hour time.

I have to at work. GM runs on a 24 hour clock so there's no confusion with am or pm.

The US military also uses a 24 hour clock.

ReggieX · Apr 4, 2006, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by Doofy

(* if anyone reading this doesn't know what I'm on about, go get yourselves some musical taste

)

"Taste" meaning "everyone must like what I like or it's bad," eh?

PS: There's no one at the bridge.

Dakar · Apr 4, 2006, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

Except that nobody says "Thirty-seventh minute, eleventh hour" when reading the time.

But they do say half-past 5 and 20 of 3.

Doofy · Apr 4, 2006, 03:02 PM

Originally Posted by ReggieX

"Taste" meaning "everyone must like what I like or it's bad," eh?

Yep.

DayLateDon · Apr 4, 2006, 03:33 PM

Doesn't anyone remember 12:34:56 7/8/90 ?

Dakar · Apr 4, 2006, 03:37 PM

honestly, no.

Todd Madson · Apr 4, 2006, 04:14 PM

Doofy: you won't be able to run around and sing that song in 2112
because the priests will have banned that album. Read a temple
paper or consult the Megadon oracle for more information.

analogika · Apr 4, 2006, 04:22 PM

Originally Posted by Daveecee

Like earlier people said: it's all about what format you use. I use the same format as CD (hh:mm:ss MM/DD/YY)

Pffft, nobody I know uses 24 hour time.

Hardly anybody I know (in person) doesn't.

abe · Apr 4, 2006, 04:27 PM

Dp.

abe · Apr 4, 2006, 04:27 PM

Originally Posted by DayLateDon

Doesn't anyone remember 12:34:56 7/8/90 ?

I do, I do!

But alas, that statistical oddity was THEN and this one is now!

01
02
03
04
05
06

Oh boy!

ironknee · Apr 4, 2006, 11:27 PM

coming up:

4-20
6-6-06

ReggieX · Apr 5, 2006, 09:59 AM

Originally Posted by ironknee

coming up:
6-6-06

I'm seeing ABC on June 6.

tavilach · Apr 5, 2006, 03:02 PM

I think 3:14:15 on September 26, 2053 will kick all of your butts.