Read before 12:34 today!!

[talisyn]

First Sequential Day in more than 20 years as time and date read 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 | Mail Online

The next time this will happen is in 2067.

Mathematicians were celebrating a rare numerical phenomenon today when the time and date read 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

The event, known as Sequential Day, occurred at 12.34pm and 56.7 seconds while the date completed the pattern with 8.9.10.

[Wingnut]

Well that would have been nice to know before 12:34pm in my time zone.

[Dr T]

I LOVE it! Thanks for sharing that with us. :)

[Dr T]

In CA it still has not happened! It's only 11:33 right now

[Just_A_Guy]

I was confused, until I realized that a) the article was dated "8 September", and b) those pesky Europeans fouled up the way we all write dates.

Here in the US of A, this would have been on August 9.

Edited September 10, 2010 by Just_A_Guy
Just a spelling error, but a rather embarassing one!

[Saguaro]

You're all a couple of days late, 8.9.10 means September 8 in Europe where the article originated. If you interpreted it as August 9 you're more than a month late.

[Dr T]

yeah, that was last month.

[Roseslipper]

Oh well I missed it.....no biggie hehe

[Elgama]

however on the 10th October we will have 10/10/10:)

[Wingnut]

however on the 10th October we will have 10/10/10:)

The answer to life, the universe, and everything.

[Just_A_Guy]

Much better than 6/6/06.

[Roseslipper]

Much better than 6/6/06.

yep

[talisyn]

Sorry i missed the date today. I'm still foggy from lack of sleep the past few weeks. Gwendolyn still thinks day is night and night is day. We still have 2067 though!

[pam]

For some strange reason, I have a premonition that I won't be around for 2067.

[Dravin]

For some strange reason, I have a premonition that I won't be around for 2067.

You just need to find a vacuum sealed cookie jar is all.

[Mahone]

I was confused, until I realized that a) the article was dated "8 September", and b) those pesky Europeans fouled up the way we all write dates.

Here in the US of A, this would have been on August 9.

Lol, being a bit pedantic here, but it isn't just Europe that has their date format as dd/mm/yyyy. The vast majority of the world does, with only America and a tiny handful of other countries that use mm/dd/yyyy. Besides, the former does seem far more logical .

[Just_A_Guy]

Lol, being a bit pedantic here, but it isn't just Europe that has their date format as dd/mm/yyyy. The vast majority of the world does, with only America and a tiny handful of other countries that use mm/dd/yyyy. Besides, the former does seem far more logical .

On principle, I resist all forms of cultural imperialism except American cultural imperialism. And don't get me started about the metric system.

[Mahone]

On principle, I resist all forms of cultural imperialism except American cultural imperialism. And don't get me started about the metric system.

Lol. I was tasked with sorting out my grandmothers pool a couple of weeks back. The person who usually deals with it was away, and the water was going green with algae. It needed to be bombed with chlorine. I don't remember exact measurements now, but in short I needed to add X litres of liquid chlorine to the pool. Unfortunately, the large bottle of chlorine I had, listed the total volume in gallons. Also unfortunately, there were no details of the origin of the bottle, this was important as some of our equipment originates from the USA, and some from within the UK. My first question was "does it mean US gallons or imperial gallons?"

Gah.

[Just_A_Guy]

My first question was "does it mean US gallons or imperial gallons?"

Now, now . . . that's the Canadians' fault, not ours.

[PrinceofLight2000]

What does 2067 have anything to do with anything? Shouldn't this happen every 100 years?

Maybe it's just a different sequence.

[talisyn]

in 2067 we'll have april 5th, 2067 , or 4567

[mnn727]

The next time this will happen is in 2067.

At which time I'll be 111 and probaby in no condition to celebrate. Edited September 13, 2010 by mnn727