It actually is 2–12-21

I never noticed today’s date had that until I saw this question.

Yup – and all the rest of the dates until 12/10 are palindromes as well.

Once when I was going through Immigration into England, the officer noted that my birth date and year were a palindrome but that was only in the UK/European listing.

Sure. I like numbers.

I was thinking about 12–11-21 and 12–22-21 yesterday, on 12–1-21.

Perhaps we should write some notes for future generations of people who will wonder whether people were excited by these dates, telling them how we reveled in them.

I noticed it when I was sitting on the bus, and the read-out had it right there. It only works written in the American way. It still works if you write it out longer: 12–02-2021. It’s fun.

February 22 of next year will be majorly palindromic, with the American and European numerical layouts.

^^ As will February 2.

If it was in the MMDDYY notation, it would be 12–02-21.

But that’s computer notation. It’s not people notation.

And if you want to look at it that way, then it has to be 02–22-22, and that’s unbalanced too.

I do regret missing 12–1–21.

If you go MMDDYYYY you have 12022021, which is palindromic.

That’s a good one, @filmfann.

12321 coming right up.

Is there a name for a palindrome that’s also an ambigram?

Whoa, @raum. Do you know one?

Depending on the font, aren’t most of these dates? Zero, one and two all read the same on an old-school calculator.

It’s an ambigram. People were posting about this yesterday.

I saw a post on FB that it’s also the same upside down (if you look at the numbers upside down, they look the same as rightside up).

Two years with reciprocal verticality are 1881 (which would also apply to 1/8/81) and my beloved 1961 (which would also apply to 1/9/61).

January 21, 2020 was the 21st day, of the 21st year, of the 21st century.