Today's special date: 2nd February 2020...

[1949threepence 3,368]

Is a perfect palindrome whether expressed our way, or the American way 02/02/2020.

  

[Unwilling Numismatist 505]

but just gone 2 am was better

02020202020

[blakeyboy 1,811]

BMW thanked their 2002 car ( late 60's-early 70's ) for saving the company, since it was a runaway success,

by taking out full page ads in better newspapers all over the world, with pictures of cars that were still being used,

on 2nd Feb 2002.

I had 11 of them.    Fabulous simple strong  design.

Most reliable vehicles I've ever owned.

[Peckris 2 2,193]

4 hours ago, 1949threepence said:

Is a perfect palindrome whether expressed our way, or the American way 02/02/2020.

  

Unfortunately, it all depends on the horrendous habit of putting a zero in front of a single digit month. I used to be a computer programmer and I know how easy it would be to add that zero behind the scenes, but suppress it from the display. For me, today's date is 2/2/2020.

[AardHawk 73]

21 hours ago, blakeyboy said:

I had 11 of them.    Fabulous simple strong  design.

You must have been Mike Macartney's best customer!

Sold my 02tii after 20 years custodianship a couple of years ago. It was my daily driver. Never let me down. 

Edited February 3, 2020 by AardHawk
spelling

[Stuntman 264]

Nice.

I distinctly remember looking at my watch nearly 18 years ago at 20:02 on the 20th February 2002.  That was a triple palindrome in UK date format!

[Sword 1,517]

I remember the Beijing Olympics starting at 8:08pm on 08/08/08. That's also a palindrome.

[Sword 1,517]

On 2/2/2020 at 5:41 PM, 1949threepence said:

Is a perfect palindrome whether expressed our way, or the American way 02/02/2020.

Come to think of it, we should have asked for 02/02/2020 to be Brexit Date instead of the rather ordinary 31/01/20. (But I doubt somehow that EU would agree)

[1949threepence 3,368]

7 minutes ago, Sword said:

I remember the Beijing Olympics starting at 8:08pm on 08/08/08. That's also a palindrome.

Actually that's not a palindrome as it doesn't read the same backwards as forwards. 

[Sword 1,517]

2 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:

Actually that's not a palindrome as it doesn't read the same backwards as forwards. 

It is if you include the 8:08pm bit ... (yes, I realised I was pushing it)

[1949threepence 3,368]

1 minute ago, Sword said:

It is if you include the 8:08pm bit ... (yes, I realised I was pushing it)

Yes.

Another interesting one is 16th August 1991 - expressed as 16/8/91, it reads exactly the same upside down

OK, yes I admit to being a sad git with too much time on his hands.  

[Sword 1,517]

5 minutes ago, 1949threepence said:

Yes.

Another interesting one is 16th August 1991 - expressed as 16/8/91, it reads exactly the same upside down

OK, yes I admit to being a sad git with too much time on his hands.  

😀

But as a penny collector, you would pay a lot more money for dates having inverted ones though. 

[secret santa 2,384]

29 minutes ago, Sword said:

But as a penny collector, you would pay a lot more money for dates having inverted ones though. 

Yes, I paid a fortune for this 1961 penny with the date upside down.

[blakeyboy 1,811]

6 hours ago, AardHawk said:

You must have been Mike Macartney's best customer!

Sold my 02tii after 20 years custodianship a couple of years ago. It was my daily driver. Never let me down. 

About ten years ago I got all my spares together,  just under 2 tons in weight, and we had a sale on the lawn at Mike's house,

and what was left we sold to his daughter who had taken over the business.

I had some rare stuff in there - we had two cars turn up from Holland for the sale.....

 

Mike did a barbecue in the sun, and it was a great day.

[Sword 1,517]

22 hours ago, secret santa said:

Yes, I paid a fortune for this 1961 penny with the date upside down.

Yes, it is a very rare variety but haven't you just posted a photo of an ordinary penny? Here is the only known example.

 

 

 

 

Edited February 4, 2020 by Sword

[Peckris 2 2,193]

On 2/3/2020 at 10:25 PM, 1949threepence said:

Yes.

Another interesting one is 16th August 1991 - expressed as 16/8/91, it reads exactly the same upside down

OK, yes I admit to being a sad git with too much time on his hands.  

Unfortunately, in accordance with all the sad gits who insist August MUST be 08 and not 8, that won't work. 😄

[1949threepence 3,368]

50 minutes ago, Peckris 2 said:

Unfortunately, in accordance with all the sad gits who insist August MUST be 08 and not 8, that won't work. 😄

It can be whichever way you want it to be. 

[Bronze & Copper Collector 417]

11 hours ago, Sword said:

Yes, it is a very rare variety but haven't you just posted a photo of an ordinary penny? Here is the only known example.

 

 

 

 

The date is correct on this specimen, the coin itself is upside down....