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Palindromic Date

Jan. 20, 2021 Is Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years: Here's Why Jan. 20, 2021 Is Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years: Here's Why
Jan. 20, 2021 Is Date That Won't Happen Again For 1,000 Years: Here's Why If seven is your lucky number you're in for a treat on Jan. 21, 2021.  Wednesday's date is a palindrome date. What does that mean? Backwards or forwards you get the same date numerically: 12021.  This palindromic date won’t happen again for 1,000 years. Such dates are considered lucky in many parts of the world, although it does depend on how you write them — whether day-month-year (the most common) or month-day-year (as we do in the U.S.) or even year-month-day (the International Organization of Standards preference created for international uniformity, also known as ISO 8601).&…