[time-nuts] Trivia

[Magnus Danielson]

Marc Balmer wrote:
> 
> Am 07.07.2009 um 22:49 schrieb J. Forster:
> 
>> AT 5 MINUTES AND 6 SECONDS AFTER 4 A.M.,  ON THE 8TH OF JULY, THIS YEAR,
>> THE TIME AND DATE WILL BE: 04:05:06 07-08-09
>>
>> THIS WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN UNTIL THE YEAR 3009!!!
> 
> pretty wrong.  in europe we will have in about one month:
> 
> 04:05:06 07.08.09
> 
> (7th of august, five mins and 6 seconds after 4o clock in the morning.)
> 
> let's not forget about september 2010:
> 
> 05:06:07 08.09.10
> 
> and of course october 2011:
> 
> 06:07:08 09.10.11
> 
> and november 2012:
> 
> 07:08:09 10.11.12
> 
> see what you can get from a sane date scheme like DD.MM.YY?  much more 
> funny times/dates ;)

Sane dates is YYYY-MM-DD as we use here... extends nicely with HH:MM:SS 
for time of day and ,SSSSSSSSSSS for all those extra digits needed. :)

Cheers,
Magnus