content/blog/2022-02-22-tuesday.org

 1#+date:        <2022-02-22 Tue 00:00:00>
 2#+title:       Tuesday, February 22, 2022: Analysis of the Palindromic Date Format
 3#+description: Examination of the date Tuesday, February 22, 2022, highlighting the palindromic properties and expected observations on this specific calendar occurrence.
 4#+slug:        tuesday
 5#+filetags:    :palindrome:twosday:date-facts:
 6
 7* Tuesday, Twosday
 8
 9I'm taking a break from my usual technology-related posts and writing
10about something a little more enjoyable today.
11
12Today is Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022. Today is 02-22-2022. Today is
13Twosday.
14
15Let's look at everything that fell in place today:
16
171. Written in the =m-dd-yy= or =dd-m-yy= formats, today is 2-22-22 or
18   22-2-22, which is a neat little palindrome in either format. (The
19   last ubiquitous six-digit palindrome was 1-11-11.)
202. Today is Tuesday, which is why everyone is using the nickname Twosday
21   to call out these similarities.
223. Falling on Tuesday means today is the 2nd day of the week (for most
23   cultures. For the US, it's the 3rd day of the week since we start on
24   Sunday).
254. The only culture I could find with a connection to a =2= is that some
26   Slavic languages derived their version of Tuesday from the Old Church
27   Slavonic word =въторъ=, meaning "the second."
285. Written in the classic monospaced, digital font (think of digital
29   clocks from the 80s/90s), there is nice symmetry to the numbers
30   ([[https://img.cleberg.net/blog/20220222-tuesday/digital_font.png][view
31   the image here]]!).
326. This one isn't naturally-occurring, but it seems people around the
33   world are celebrating the day. For example, a group is putting
34   together
35   [[https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2-22-22-a-collective-wedding-ceremony-at-the-state-capitol-tickets-211434605597][a
36   wedding of 222 couples at the California State Capitol in
37   Sacramento]], concluding at exactly 2:22 PM. These couples will
38   record their marriage dates as 2-22-22 2:22 PM. Tickets were on sale
39   for $222.22.