Insight Bureau: Today is a rare day as today is February 22, 2022. Today’s date is not only Palindrome but also Ambigram. Today’s date looks the same whether read directly or inverted. i.e. palindrome and ambigram date.
If you look closely, numerically this date is written as 22/02/2022. So this is a palindrome date. Also this is Ambigram.
If you remove the slash from today’s date, you will see this number as 22022022. It has only zero and two digits. The two digits also have special significance in this date.
Today is a special day in terms of numerology. 222 sequences are considered angel numbers according to numerology. Also the number 2 is considered the number of relationship, partnership.
What is a Palindrome?
Palindrome is a Greek word. It means running backwards.In Russian it can be read left to right and right to left. When a word or number is read in the usual way, it is called a forward walker in Russian, and when read in the opposite direction, it is called a shell walker.
What is Ambigram?
An ambigram is a word that is spelled in such a way that it looks the same when read regularly or vice versa. Words which can be read from both the sides are called ambigram words.
The first and last palindrome of the century
If you look at the month, date and year format, the first day out of 36 Palindrome days between January 1, 2001 and December 31, 3000 was October 2, 2001 (10-02-2001) and the last day will be September 22, 2290 (09-22-2290). Considering the format of days, months and years, there are a total of 29 palindrome days in the 21st century. The first Palindrome Day on February 10, 2001 and the last is February 29, 2092 Palindrome Day.
Professor of electrical engineering at the University of Portland. Inan says that palindrome days, as mm-dd-yyy, occur in the first few centuries of each millennium. The current millennium in the format of mm-dd-yyyy will have 36 polydromous days from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 3000. The first day was October 2, 2001 (10-02-2001) and the last palindrome would be September 22, 2290 (09-22-2290).
The first palindrome day was on 10 February 2001 (10-02-2001) and the last palindrome day would be on 29 February 2092. It is a leap year (29-02-2092).