Bring on April 2014...the 4th month and the year 2014, which in a standard dateline format is 4/14 and right there is a palindrome. Add in the dates that have ones in them (10 through 19) and there you have datelines that are reversible.
It seemed like lots of people were all abuzz about palindrome week but there were 10 days of palindromic dates in April. A bit of heaven for those of us who savor symmetry!
Some cool tidbits for April 10 through April 19:
April 10 is written 4/10/14 but can also use the entire year to make yet another palindrome:
4/10/2014
Yep...look at that and it's the same going forward and backwards. Pretty cool...
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April 14...4/14/14...it's the 4th month, the 14th day, in the year 2014. Lots of 4s in that one. Maybe the "palindromiest" day of the year?
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April 15...4/15/14...an eventful day: last day to send in taxes on time, a lunar eclipse and a spring snowfall (hopefully Mother Nature's last hurrah until next winter comes around).
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With this series of reversible datelines comes some math fun, too. Adding up every digit in that day's dateline equals the same number as that day of the month. For example:
4/17/14: 4+1+7+1+4 = 17
Try it with any of the dates. It works. And it's the only month every 100 years that does that.
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So those named Hannah and Anna and Bob were totally on the "level" when they celebrated these palindrome dates by listening to ABBA.
Leaving you with one last palindrome...
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