He’s been waiting for this Sunday since at least Nov. 2, 2011, he said, which was an eight-digit palindrome, too (11/02/2011). AD“In this century, in the American date system — which is month, day, year — there are 12 eight-digit palindrome dates,” Inan said. It’s written as a palindrome “whether you’re in Europe, Asia, America — it happens on the same calendar day, which is February the 2nd,” Inan said. The previous eight-digit palindrome like this was 11/11/1111, 909 years ago. There are 12 eight-digit palindromes and 26 seven-digit palindromes (in which you drop the zero before a single-digit month).

Source: Washington Post January 31, 2020 16:41 UTC