A Unique Moment in Time

[Doctor Q]

Don't we have to wait for April 5? A few hours and another day.

I wonder if anyone noticed when it happened in the real year 06, as opposed to 2006!

 

[kretzy]

We've still got another month to wait here.

 

[superbovine]

....around 1am, it will be 1:02:03am 4/5/06

123456

Kinda cool

there is always January 2nd, 3456 or 1-2-3456

or how about January 2nd, 3456789

 

[zelmo]

Stupid Time Curiosity

At two minutes, three seconds after 1:00a on Wednesday, the time will be 01:02:03 on 04/05/06.

[Moderator note: thread merged]

 

[Blue Velvet]

Except if like most of the rest of world you put the day before the month...

Never understood the Yanqui way with dates.

 

[Applespider]

It does still hold that it will happen this year. It'll just be on the 4th of May rather than the 5th of April

One of my US pals pointed it out to me the other day and I pointed right back!

 

[miloblithe]

Except if like most of the rest of world you put the day before the month...

Never understood the Yanqui way with dates.

It's based on how people talk instead of numerical logic. Obviously, day-month-year makes more sense, but "four April" sounds silly compared to "April fourth."

 

[Blue Velvet]

It's based on how people talk instead of numerical logic. Obviously, day-month-year makes more sense, but "four April" sounds silly compared to "April fourth."

Even still, over here I think most people would say 'fourth of April'.

But that's not quite as confusing as my Dutch relatives referring to 6:30pm as 'half-seven'.

 

[miloblithe]

Even still, over here I think most people would say 'fourth of April'.

But that's not quite as confusing as my Dutch relatives referring to 6:30pm as 'half-seven'.

Right, but that's just one more reason that American workers are more productive than British ones, what with our two-word method of commmunicating dates compared to your cumbersome three- or four-word method (counting "the").

 

[Royal Pineapple]

well, it came, and it went, but i bagged me a screenshot

 

[Takumi]

Unless you're in one of those weirdo countries where it will be 5/4/06...

Bah

there is someting mildly disterbing about this thread

Takumi

 

[Jaffa Cake]

Right, but that's just one more reason that American workers are more productive than British ones, what with our two-word method of commmunicating dates compared to your cumbersome three- or four-word method (counting "the").

It's simply because we're really proud of the fact that we invented the language – we just like to show off by using as much of it as possible, as often as possible.

 

[rdowns]

This will not occur again for another one thousand years.

It will occur 12 hours later.

 

[dmw007]

....around 1am, it will be 1:02:03am 4/5/06

123456

Kinda cool

That is pretty cool, I was just thinking about this the other day.

 

[dmw007]

well, it came, and it went, but i bagged me a screenshot

Good job Royal Pineapple. You now have a moment to last a lifetime (and a pic to prove it).

 

[jefhatfield]

three dates stick in my head

while i was in middle school, one kid commented it was 7/7/77 and i thought that was neato

i saw a tv program about nostradamus and it claimed that the next big world war would happen on 7/7/99 and the day passed quietly into history

of course, i was excited when 1/1/2000 happened even though i knew the real date to switch over into the next millenia would be 1/1/2001

 

[~Shard~]

It will occur 12 hours later.

Not in military time.

 

[dmw007]

Not in military time.

True ~Shard~, it happened only once in military time.