# Noteworthy day **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 5, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933 "2013-04-05T17:18:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/1 "2013-04-05T17:18:40Z")
Interesting day, today. There hasn’t been one like it for nearly 26 years, since June 1987. In a similar vein, about three weeks from now there will be a day that we haven’t seen the like of for over fourteen years. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/2 "2013-04-05T17:20:39Z")
Okay, I’ll bite. How so? ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/3 "2013-04-05T17:23:16Z")
I leave that as an exercise for the reader. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/4 "2013-04-05T17:29:10Z")
452013 im guessing ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/5 "2013-04-05T17:31:00Z")
5/4/13? 4/5/13? 2013/4/5? 5/4/2013? Nope. No matter how I slice it, I don’t see the noteworthiness. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/6 "2013-04-05T17:32:30Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > 452013 im guessing 😕 ---
**Author:** ![PacifistPorcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PacifistPorcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PacifistPorcupine)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/7 "2013-04-05T17:38:58Z")
No digits repeat? ---
**Author:** ![hogarth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hogarth/32/1773_2.png) [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/8 "2013-04-05T17:45:50Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > No digits repeat? And it has all the digits from 0 to 5. Although I’m not sure how that ties in with June 5, 1987 which has the digits from 5-9 with an extra 1. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/9 "2013-04-05T21:27:01Z")
On this day, 14 k of g were placed in a f p d. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/10 "2013-04-08T15:19:09Z")
> [@PacifistPorcupine](#): > > No digits repeat? Correct. 6/30/1987 (or 30/6/1987, it makes no difference) was the last such date. Using the mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy format, none of us will be around to see the next one. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/11 "2013-04-08T15:39:28Z")
> [@Ximenean](#): > > Correct. 6/30/1987 (or 30/6/1987, it makes no difference) was the last such date. > > Using the mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy format, none of us will be around to see the next one. How is today, 4/8/2013, any different then? Did you learn this on Facebook? From the same person who told us last July would be the last month in a gazillion years with five Fridays? ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/12 "2013-04-08T15:40:28Z")
I don’t get it: 4/5/2013 - doesn’t repeat any digits, OK. Doesn’t today - 4/8/2013 have the same feature? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/13 "2013-04-08T15:46:53Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > I don’t get it: > > 4/5/2013 - doesn’t repeat any digits, OK. > > Doesn’t today - 4/8/2013 have the same feature? Sure. No-repeat days will be common through the end of the 2010’s (after which there won’t be any for another decade, due to the 2 2); but there weren’t any in 1988, 1989, the 1990s, the 2000s, 2010, 2011, or 2012 just due to the digits in the year. 4/5/2013 is the first day in 2013 that doesn’t have a 1, 2, 3, or repeated 4 in it. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/14 "2013-04-08T15:53:07Z")
OK, but then what does: [QUOTE=Ximenean] Using the mm/dd/yyyy or dd/mm/yyyy format, none of us will be around to see the next one. [/QUOTE] mean? Oh! I just got his point, I think. If you count the 0’s in 04/05/2013 then we won’t see a no-repeater in a very long time. Of course in that form 06/30/1987 doesn’t count either. ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/15 "2013-04-08T15:54:07Z")
But I guess 06/25/1987 does, right? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/16 "2013-04-08T15:55:36Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > But I guess 06/25/1987 does, right? And a bazillion others. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/17 "2013-04-08T15:57:52Z")
> [@Jas09](#): > > But I guess 06/25/1987 does, right? 06/25/1987 was the last one. The next one is a long time from now. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/18 "2013-04-08T16:03:50Z")
09/23/1987 For example. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/19 "2013-04-08T16:04:36Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > How is today, 4/8/2013, any different then? > > Did you learn this on Facebook? From the same person who told us last July would be the last month in a gazillion years with five Fridays? I learnt it from my own calculations, prompted by a question in the excellent TV show “Only Connect”. It’s a mathematical curiosity, which I thought would make an interesting puzzle. So I posted it in the forum where puzzles go. Sorry if it offended you. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933/20 "2013-04-08T16:12:48Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > 09/23/1987 > > For example. That has two "9"s in it. We’re down to bazillion minus one. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noteworthy-day/654933.md?page=2)