Quickly! Tonight/Tomorrow Morning!

[Broccoli]

At 5 minutes and 6 seconds after 4 AM on July 8th (tomorrow), the time and date will be: 04:05:06 07-08-09.

Or if you want to be really fancy, 34 minutes and 56 seconds after midnight tonight, it will be: 12:34:56 07-08-09.

 

[Aurian]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHhh!! I missed it! *pouts*

 

[RJDiogenes]

I'm surprised there wasn't an end-of-the-world prophecy associated with this.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I'll wait until the 7th of August.

 

[Awesome Possum]

I love how people attach meaning to dates and numbers that only existed because we all agree on it.

 

[Hermiod]

I love how people attach meaning to dates and numbers that only existed because we all agree on it.

See most people's lottery numbers. I see loads of people complain that they "just missed out" because they put 42 instead of 43.

 

[cultcross]

I'll wait until the 7th of August.

Indeed, a month to go yet!

 

[trekkiedane]

At 5 minutes and 6 seconds after 4 AM on July 8th (tomorrow), the time and date will be: 04:05:06 07-08-09.

Or if you want to be really fancy, 34 minutes and 56 seconds after midnight tonight, it will be: 12:34:56 07-08-09.

But... The date is wrong!

It really was 04:05:06 08-07-09!!!

 

[Jadzia]

I remember back in the summer of 1990, it was announced during the children's bbc programmes that "earlier today the time-date was 12:34:56, 7-8-90"

I've always remembered it.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I'm more excited about September, when we can experience 09-09-09, reaching its peak at 09h 09m 09s in the morning.

And for those who missed 08:45 this morning, they can catch it again tomorrow morning at a quarter to nine.

 

[Squiggy]

At 5 minutes and 6 seconds after 4 AM on July 8th (tomorrow), the time and date will be: 04:05:06 07-08-09.

Or if you want to be really fancy, 34 minutes and 56 seconds after midnight tonight, it will be: 12:34:56 07-08-09.

Actually, the later would only be 00:34:56 7-8-09 (the 0 in 09 in dropped in Europe, or so I've been told.

If you wanna be anal, go with 34 minutes after noon, local time, that'll be 12:34:56 7-8-9.

 

[cultcross]

Actually, the later would only be 00:34:56 7-8-09 (the 0 in 09 in dropped in Europe, or so I've been told.

Who told you that?

I'd write today's date 08/07/09 or 8/7/09 if I was feeling lazy - the 0 in 09 would never be dropped.

 

[Squiggy]

THE NEWS HAS LIED TO ME!!!!

I had never heard of that either, but I knew about the flipping of the date and month betwix our two peoples.

Maybe they were talking about Eastern Europe...you know...heathen Europe.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Actually, the later would only be 00:34:56 7-8-09 (the 0 in 09 in dropped in Europe, or so I've been told.

Who told you that?

I'd write today's date 08/07/09 or 8/7/09 if I was feeling lazy - the 0 in 09 would never be dropped.

We often drop the 0 in 09 when writing notes at work. It's not a widespread thing, but it does happen.

 

[Squiggy]

You also have fancy 7s that look like backwards Fs.

 

[cultcross]

We often drop the 0 in 09 when writing notes at work. It's not a widespread thing, but it does happen.

NHS cuts again?

You also have fancy 7s that look like backwards Fs.

Fancy lower case 'z's too.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

Sometimes I've seen 1s that look like lopsided 7s too.

 

[Squiggy]

We often drop the 0 in 09 when writing notes at work. It's not a widespread thing, but it does happen.

NHS cuts again?

You also have fancy 7s that look like backwards Fs.

Fancy lower case 'z's too.

And you call them "zed" which is simply delightful!

 

[cultcross]

And you call them "zed" which is simply delightful!

Yet the manual with my TV cable box (a product designed for and made in the UK market) describes its instruction manual as "E-Z-Start".

I'm still trying to work out what an ee zed start is.

 

[Squiggy]

Sounds continental to me. Kill it with fire.