Too Many Twos

Posted on 18 February 2022 by Isabel Gibson

Thanks to reader Danielle for this link to a full recap of palindromic dates in February. The upcoming ten-day is full of them if you use the M-DD-YY format:

2-20-22
2-21-22
2-22-22
2-23-22
2-24-22
2-25-22
2-26-22
2-27-22
2-28-22

I don’t typically use that format, though, so it’s good to know that this month offers what Farmer’s Almanac calls “ubiquitous” palindromic dates: dates that also work in the other two standard formats (DD-MM-YY and YY-MM-DD).

We’ve already seen one of these ubiquitous palindromic dates on Groundhog Day (two weeks ago, natch), and Washington’s birthday on Feb 22 offers #2, with two of its instances conceptually distinct but practically indistinguishable:

2-22-22
22-2-22
22-2-22

Enjoy!

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6 Responses to Too Many Twos

  1. Tom Watson says:
    20 February 2022 at 11:59 am

    That reminds me of a cartoon somebody sent this morning.
    I can’t display the cartoon here, but this is the content:
    February 22, 2022
    2/22/22 falls on a Tuesday
    so we’ll be able to call it 2’s day!
    I know…I’m a dork…but I’m excited about this.

    Tom

  2. Judith Umbach says:
    20 February 2022 at 12:52 pm

    I was thinking vaguely about this. Thank you for thinking in a more organized way so we can all enjoy the feast of twos.

  3. Jim Taylor says:
    20 February 2022 at 10:59 pm

    There was a young chappie of Pew,
    bought a ticket to leave at 2:02.
    He asked, “is it late?”
    The conductor said, “Mate,
    it still a minute or two to 2:02.”

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