The next ten days will surely be historic, and it is not just because of the inauguration.
Wednesday marks the beginning of a large number of palindrome dates, which are dates that can be read in the same way back and forth.
During 10 consecutive days, from 20 / 1 / 21 to 29 / 1 / 21, the dates can be read from left to right … and from right to left. 12021 or 21201.
According to The Farmers’ Almanac, this is the first Opening Day with the palindrome number, and the next at 1, 000 years will be 20 January 3021.
Later this year, we will have even more palindrome dates, starting with 1 / 12 / 21 and until 12 / 9 /21 .
For those who use the DD / MM / YY format, like in the UK, or in many countries where Spanish is spoken, there will be no such fun forming palindromes with dates.
But in 100 years, we will have another date that will be a palindrome date in all formats: 12 / 12 / 2121.
# RAEconsultas «Palíndromo» is a noun. masculine that refers to the ‘word or phrase whose letters are arranged in such a way that it is the same when read from left to right as from right to left; p. eg, “aniline”; “The abbot gave rice to the fox.”
– RAE (@RAEinforma) February 12, 2018
Palindromes can be words like Adam – nothing, Love – Rome, and also they can be phrases, such as “Adam is not silent about anything” or “Love the lady”.
