MAY 6, 2007

At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07. This will never happen again.

MAY 6, 2007

At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07. This will never happen again.

Not quite! It's happened before and will happen again:

00:01:02 03/04/05

01:02:03 04/05/06

03:04:05 06/07/08

04:05:06 07/08/09

Possibly 05:06:07 08/09/10

MAY 6, 2007

At three minutes and four seconds after 2 AM on the 6th of May this year, the time and date will be 02:03:04 05/06/07. This will never happen again.

Not quite! It's happened before and will happen again:

00:01:02 03/04/05

01:02:03 04/05/06

03:04:05 06/07/08

04:05:06 07/08/09

Possibly 05:06:07 08/09/10

But not with the same numbers in a row, me thinks.

I think you'll find this happens every thousand years or so.

If you don't believe me ask Yorkie, he remembers it well

On 6th June last year I went to our local post office and asked them to cancel a block of stamps with the date of 06-06-06. They pointed out the fact that over here it was 06-06-49.