# Happy square root day everyone!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-square-root-day-everyone/751164>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 4, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-square-root-day-everyone/751164 "2016-04-04T13:49:26Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![boffking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/858c86/32.png) [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-square-root-day-everyone/751164/1 "2016-04-04T13:49:26Z")

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This is the first one since 2009. 4/4/16. The next one won’t be until 2025.

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**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-square-root-day-everyone/751164/2 "2016-04-04T14:36:03Z")

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That’s cool!

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-square-root-day-everyone/751164/3 "2016-04-04T15:38:45Z")

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Not to be a killjoy, but does that count since the real date is 4/4/2016?

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2016, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-square-root-day-everyone/751164/4 "2016-04-04T16:21:58Z")

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> [@cmyk](#):
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> Not to be a killjoy, but does that count since the real date is 4/4/2016?

Or 2016-04-04.

Apparently the square root of 2016 is 44.899888641. So when 0.899888641 of the day has passed, at 21:35:50 and a bit, that will be the square root _time_.

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**Author:** ![WildBlueYonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ce7236/32.png) [@WildBlueYonder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildBlueYonder)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2016, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-square-root-day-everyone/751164/5 "2016-04-06T11:07:38Z")

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aww I missed it again! :smack:

Square roots are sooooooooooo cool! 😃