# Is there a special name for 030303? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 4, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899 "2003-03-04T01:39:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Morgainelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Morgainelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgainelf)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/1 "2003-03-04T01:39:07Z")
This is truly mundane, so I couldn’t bring myself to put it in GQ. I was just thinking: 3003 would be a palindrome. Is there any special term to describe the pattern that happens to be today’s date, 030303? ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/2 "2003-03-04T01:53:45Z")
Repetitive? ---
**Author:** ![Caught\_Work](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Caught\_Work](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caught_Work)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/3 "2003-03-04T02:00:26Z")
The Third of March Two Thousand and Three would be the special name that this gets. There will never be another one, it’s special in that it’s unique. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/4 "2003-03-04T03:09:42Z")
> [@](#): > > The Third of March Two Thousand and Three would be the special name that this gets. There will never be another one, it’s special in that it’s unique. [NITPICK] That would actually be Monday March 3, 2003 in our calendar. [/NITPICK] Course it’d be something else in another calendar. Anyone know what that would be? ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/5 "2003-03-04T05:14:28Z")
765F on a hexidecimal calendar 73137 on an octal calendar 111011101110111 on a binary calendar ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/6 "2003-03-04T05:17:37Z")
Monday? ---
**Author:** ![Netbrian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71e660/32.png) [@Netbrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Netbrian)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/7 "2003-03-04T06:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Caught@Work \* > \*\*The Third of March Two Thousand and Three would be the special name that this gets. There will never be another one, it’s special in that it’s unique. \*\* Not necessarily. The date 030303 could also be used as shorthand for the year 3 (all of these work for both C.E. and B.C.E., though obviously this was never in use then), 1003, 3003, etc. In fact, there are an infinite number of possible days that this could refer to, assuming of course that time doesn’t end. ---
**Author:** ![Tars\_Tarkas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tars\_Tarkas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tars_Tarkas)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/8 "2003-03-04T07:35:40Z")
didn’t march have a different name 1000 years ago, and was month number one? ---
**Author:** ![elfje](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19b73/32.png) [@elfje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfje)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/9 "2003-03-04T08:52:28Z")
de turd of da turd of da turd, as the UPS guy said when I asked him for the date yesterday. just so you know. date palindroom if you#re looking for one: 19 9 1991 I was still in school at this date and a teacher pinted it out. I swear that’s the only reason why i know 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/10 "2003-03-04T13:23:30Z")
1/0.000033 ---
**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/11 "2003-03-04T14:52:28Z")
“Yesterday.” ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-special-name-for-030303/158899/12 "2003-03-04T16:43:39Z")
It gets a pretty good discussion [here.](http://answers.google.com/answers/main?cmd=threadview&id=166390)