Only moment in a 100 years at 11:11:11 today

November 11, 2011 11:02

Get married, make a movie, or just pause for reflection: the many ways you can mark Friday morning's magical mathematical moment. at the 11th second and the 11th minute after the 11th hour, the date and time will form a 12-digit palindrome.

It will be 11:11:11 on 11/11/11. We have had, since 2000, 10 such sextuplet moments, from one minute past one on 1 January, 2001, to 10:10:10, on 10 October last year. Tdoay's alignment, however, is the only one to consist entirely of a single digit, and -- assuming we don't suddenly switch to a calendar with 22 months -- will be the only moment of its kind for 100 years.

On the Guardian.

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