The internet is abuzz with posts about the Palindrome Day – when the date can be read the same way backward and forward. The dates are similar to word palindromes in the sense that they are reversible.
Many users on Twitter are tweeting about 20222022 being the palindrome date as it can be read backwards. Some of the users have even pointed to the fact that this entire week reads the same forward and backward.
“Let’s take a break from all this active weather and ‘reflect’ on a fun fact! It is a Palindrome week! This means everyday this week can be read the same forwards and backwards! Its a ‘mirror-cle’! Don’t believe us?? Check out our image and ‘self-reflect’,” said NWS Anchorage in a Twitter post. The dates are being represented according to American system.
Some old tweets also popped up today, showing that this is not the first time that this thing is happening.
“Happy #Palindrome Week! For the next 10 days, the date is the same forward and backward. This is the last time it’ll happen in our lifetime,” a September 2019 tweet from user Tyler Allender said.
Apart from Palindrome, February 22 is also being celebrated as a TWO day as the number 2 is repeated so many times today – this is the second month of the year, the date is 22 and the year is 2022. According to the American system, the dats is 2/22/22.
And the Delhi Police also made use of the occasion to deliver a message about road safety. “Happy TwosDay, people! Since it is 22022022 today, we remind you to think twice about your MOM and DAD before you speed!” it said in a tweet.
What is a Palindrome Day?
According to timeanddate.com, Palindrome Days happen when the day’s date can be read the same way backward and forward. The dates are similar to word palindromes in that they are symmetrical.
It further says date formats vary from country to country, so not all dates that are palindromic in one kind of date format are Palindrome Days in another. For instance, February 20, 2022 or 2-20-22 is a palindromic date in the m-dd-yy format, but it isn’t if it is written as dd-m-yyyy (20-2-2022) or dd-mm-yyyy formats (20-02-2022).