# 12:34:56 7/8/9
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [July 8, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337 "2009-07-08T15:24:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 18
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/1 "2009-07-08T15:24:26Z")
Yeah, I know there’s a pesky zero in there too, and I also know not everyone in the world writes the date like that, but I still think it’s pretty damn cool. Sue me.
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### Author:  [@Typo\_Knig](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Knig)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/2 "2009-07-08T15:45:14Z")
I just noticed this myself. I think it’s cool, but I’m a certified geek.
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### Author:  [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/3 "2009-07-08T16:25:11Z")
Thanks for the reminder, **Idle**!
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### Author:  [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/4 "2009-07-08T16:25:51Z")
I didn’t realize this.
Awesome.
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### Author:  [@Eutychus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eutychus)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/5 "2009-07-08T16:35:55Z")
Well, that was fun.
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### Author:  [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/6 "2009-07-08T16:36:44Z")
Gah! Missed it by a minute!
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### Author:  [@sparky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sparky_1)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/7 "2009-07-08T16:47:16Z")
Bleh!
Engineer here. It should be 07/08/2009 🙂
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### Author:  [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/8 "2009-07-08T17:07:58Z")
We Brits get to wait until next month.
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### Author:  [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/9 "2009-07-08T17:12:06Z")
We west coasters still have a couple of hours to catch it.
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### Author:  [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/10 "2009-07-08T17:36:20Z")
But the year is 2009, so
12:34:56 7/8/9 happened 2000 years ago
🙂
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### Author:  [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/11 "2009-07-08T17:39:05Z")
Programmer here.
It should be 2009/07/08 12:34:56
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### Author:  [@Ichini\_Sanshigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ichini_Sanshigo)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/12 "2009-07-08T17:43:21Z")
Just missed it. And it’s my birthday too!
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### Author:  [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/13 "2009-07-08T18:24:52Z")
Happy birthday **12 345**!
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### Author:  [@Rin\_Twisted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rin_Twisted)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/14 "2009-07-08T18:30:15Z")
This was fun! Let’s meet up again next year for 12:34:56.7 8/9/10!
that’s stretching it, I know, I know…
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### Author:  [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/15 "2009-07-08T18:42:11Z")
Someone made [another thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=11310381) about 04:05:06 07/08/09.
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### Author:  [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/16 "2009-07-08T21:58:05Z")
> [@Rin\_Twisted](#):
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> This was fun! Let’s meet up again next year for 12:34:56.7 8/9/10!
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> that’s stretching it, I know, I know…
It’s a date!
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### Author:  [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/17 "2009-07-08T22:09:01Z")
Back when I was 13 I made a note of 12:34:56 on 7/8/90. Sad, huh?
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### Author:  [@Uncle\_Brother\_Walker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncle_Brother_Walker)
#### Post date: [July 9, 2009, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/12-34-56-7-8-9/502337/18 "2009-07-09T05:31:11Z")
I totally dig days like this!
I even warned a friend!