# Coming soon to a clock/calendar near you.

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-a-clock-calendar-near-you/351251
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 4, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-a-clock-calendar-near-you/351251 "2006-04-04T14:21:53Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author: ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-a-clock-calendar-near-you/351251/1 "2006-04-04T14:21:53Z")

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Tomorrow morning at 2 minutes and 3 seconds after 1 AM (assuming US standard notation) it will be

01:02:03 04/05/06

Just in case anyone’s interested.

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### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-a-clock-calendar-near-you/351251/2 "2006-04-04T14:25:31Z")

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Dammit. I was hoping to get to bed at a reasonable hour tonight.

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### Author: ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-a-clock-calendar-near-you/351251/3 "2006-04-04T14:30:31Z")

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Unless you keep a clock with 24 hour time, this will also happen at 01:02:03 04/05/06 P.M.

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### Author: ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-a-clock-calendar-near-you/351251/4 "2006-04-04T14:35:00Z")

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> [@Annie-Xmas](#):
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> Unless you keep a clock with 24 hour time, this will also happen at 01:02:03 04/05/06 P.M.

But won’t we all feel pretty “been there, done that” by then?

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### Author: ![Nancarrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c37758/32.png) [@Nancarrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nancarrow)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-a-clock-calendar-near-you/351251/5 "2006-04-04T14:39:52Z")

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Silly Americans, you’re 29 days too early. 🙂

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### Author: ![davenportavenger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@davenportavenger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davenportavenger)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2006, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coming-soon-to-a-clock-calendar-near-you/351251/6 "2006-04-04T15:53:57Z")

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It’s not as cool as 06:06:06 06/06/06.