# Happy Binary Palindrome Day
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [January 11, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503 "2010-01-11T13:55:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2010, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503/1 "2010-01-11T13:55:37Z")
Assuming you’re using the standard North American date format, today is 01/11/10. Today’s lucky number is 30 dec, 1E hex, or 36 oct.
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### Author:  [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2010, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503/2 "2010-01-11T14:05:22Z")
Happy 011110 to you too! Call me at 1001 today, k?
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### Author:  [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)
#### Post date: [January 11, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503/3 "2010-01-11T20:46:36Z")
> [@Mindfield](#):
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> Assuming you’re using the standard North American date format, today is 01/11/10. Today’s lucky number is 30 dec, 1E hex, or 36 oct.
Standard US format, that is. Here is Canada we use a hodgepodge of different formats: 2010/01/11 or 11/01/2010 or 11-01-10 or 11 JAN 10 or, indeed, 01/11/10. You have to be really careful when entering or reading data. And if you’re doing your taxes and have a bucketload of receipts to deal with, they’ll all be formatted _differently_.
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### Author:  [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2010, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503/4 "2010-01-12T00:54:42Z")
And get ready for another Palindrome Day in 11 days.
(And next year we’ll have an 11/11/11.)
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### Author:  [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)
#### Post date: [January 12, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503/5 "2010-01-12T02:01:36Z")
> [@Sunspace](#):
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> Standard US format, that is. Here is Canada we use a hodgepodge of different formats: 2010/01/11 or 11/01/2010 or 11-01-10 or 11 JAN 10 or, indeed, 01/11/10. You have to be really careful when entering or reading data. And if you’re doing your taxes and have a bucketload of receipts to deal with, they’ll all be formatted _differently_.
Which is why I pick a date and stick with it. I format it like I say it: Month, day, year, which is how it’s formatted most places I’ve gone. Lots of places to DD/MM/YY as well, but I see MM/DD/YY much more often.
> [@panache45](#):
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> And get ready for another Palindrome Day in 11 days.
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> (And next year we’ll have an 11/11/11.)
True, but it won’t be _binary_, thus halving the geekiness. Next year’s will be geektastic though. But after that, there won’t be another binary palindrome day for 89 years.
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### Author:  [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)
#### Post date: [February 16, 2010, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503/6 "2010-02-16T22:51:44Z")
Not quite binary, but…
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### Author:  [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2010, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503/7 "2010-02-17T01:02:02Z")
Another Palin thread? Really?
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### Author:  [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)
#### Post date: [February 17, 2010, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-binary-palindrome-day/524503/8 "2010-02-17T08:08:37Z")
Chefguy, it’s only a Palin thread if we’re discussing her new airport. You know, the Palin [Drome](http://www.google.com/search?q=define%3A+drome&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a).