# Does this date (mm/dd) mean anything special to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 30, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985 "2014-09-30T17:42:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/1 "2014-09-30T17:42:50Z")
I’m just curious if Sep/30 means to anyone else what it means to me… (and yes, it’s a CS concept – at least for me) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/2 "2014-09-30T17:59:21Z")
I have to renew my parking permit. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/3 "2014-09-30T18:10:41Z")
It means nothing to me. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/4 "2014-09-30T18:14:32Z")
Thirty days hath September. All the rest I don’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/5 "2014-09-30T18:15:09Z")
9/30/55. Little Bastard. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/6 "2014-09-30T18:15:54Z")
Cousin and HS crush have birthdays. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/7 "2014-09-30T18:22:31Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > 9/30/55. Little Bastard. Bingo! Rock on! ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/8 "2014-09-30T18:23:33Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Thirty days hath September. > All the rest I don’t remember. Use your knuckles. Start with the first knuckle on either hand, a knuckle is a month with 31 days, the depression means the month has 30 days or less. Much easier. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/9 "2014-09-30T18:27:34Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Use your knuckles. Start with the first knuckle on either hand, a knuckle is a month with 31 days, the depression means the month has 30 days or less. Much easier. Whoosh. It’s an old joke. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/10 "2014-09-30T18:28:14Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Bingo! Rock on! I confess my interest is a little more in LB than JD, but the date sticks in my mind nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/11 "2014-09-30T18:29:27Z")
> [@Lukeinva](#): > > Use your knuckles. …and punch anyone who makes fun of your ability to remember which month the Romans screwed up when. ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/12 "2014-09-30T18:30:03Z")
> [@Zeldar](#): > > Bingo! Rock on! You gonna bother to explain or are you going to make me google? :mad: ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/13 "2014-09-30T18:31:43Z")
I had to Google. And it has nothing to do with John Mellencamp. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/14 "2014-09-30T18:31:56Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > I confess my interest is a little more in LB than JD, but the date sticks in my mind nonetheless. So be it. Did you ever see the movie with that title, or was that just for TV? BTW, can you identify the movie where the guy who named the LB was a key driver? ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/15 "2014-09-30T18:38:57Z")
30 September 1939. Poland surrenders to Germany. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/16 "2014-09-30T18:42:30Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You gonna bother to explain or are you going to make me google? :mad: I assume it’s something to do with [9/30/55](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_30,_1955). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/17 "2014-09-30T18:44:27Z")
> [@QuickSilver](#): > > You gonna bother to explain or are you going to make me google? :mad: Just now seeing this. James Dean. Look it up if you want. ETA: Also just seeing that the link was added! LB = Bill Hickman – look that up, too. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2014, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/18 "2014-09-30T19:57:09Z")
For those who like gee-whiz stuff, you might want to play around a bit with [Julian Date Converter](http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data/docs/JulianDate.php) and some dates of your own. Be that as it may, ```auto 2435380 Sep/30/1955 2426380 Feb/8/1931 ======= 9000 ``` ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/19 "2014-10-01T01:42:00Z")
My brother’s birthday, and the day before mine. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2014, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985/20 "2014-10-01T01:56:24Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > I assume it’s something to do with [9/30/55](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_30,_1955). There was even a [movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0078231/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) with the title that exact date. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-this-date-mm-dd-mean-anything-special-to-you/699985.md?page=2)