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awesome!!! - Rachel Lea Fox

Happens on August 7th for us in the UK! Does that mean it technically happens twice? ;) - Travis Koger via iPhone

I was just wondering that, Travis. Written the European way, it will happen again in August. - Trish R

except for the whole 200 in front of it and all, really it only happened once back in the year 9. - Geoff Schultz

Actually by international metric standards, the correct date format goes from largest to smallest like: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. But besides that, since the OP is (incorrectly) using a single digit for the year, the same thing happens every 1000 yrs (1009, 2009, 3009, etc.). i.e. either way you look at it, this may be a once in a lifetime event, but it's by no means a once in recorded history event. My apologies for being the engineer in the thread :P - LANjackal

Also, there's 01:23:45 6/7/8 this is technically wrong since it mixes metric time standards (HH:MM:SS) with a non-metric date format. Those of you who are disappointed by the busted bubble can take comfort in the fact that sequential number times occur every day: 01:23:45, 12:34:56 - LANjackal

fascinating and tomorrow is my 19th wedding anniversary and a new world begins the next day ... - Thomas Power

Won't happen until August 7th here in London.. - Andy Connell

Yeah, Andy, American ambiguous (thus error-prone) method of writing Month/Day/Year, when both Day/Month/Year or Year/Month/Day are much more consistent and logical, is baffling. So you're right, 7th of August in London and elsewhere is, if it indeed is, the day to remember. Of course, prior to that on 20th July 2009 is the 40th anniversary of the so-called "moon landing" made in... more... - ianf ⌘