Today's date is 01/02/2010. Only 12 times in this century does the date read the same backwards as it does forwards!

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I thought this was a neat little tidbit to write about. Only 12 times this century will this ever happen, the date will read the same forwards, as it does backwords. i.e 01/02/2010 backwords is the same thing.

Here are the dates that it has, and will occur in this century.

If you want to mark your calendar, here’s the list of the other US-format palindromic dates:

Oct. 2, 2001: 10/02/2001

Jan. 2, 2010: 01/02/2010

Nov. 2, 2011: 11/02/2011

Feb. 2, 2020: 02/02/2020

Dec. 2, 2021: 12/02/2021

Mar. 2, 2030: 03/02/2030

April 2, 2040: 04/02/2040

May 2, 2050: 05/02/2050

June 2, 2060: 06/02/2060

July 2, 2070: 07/02/2070

Aug. 2, 2080: 08/02/2080

Sept. 2, 2090: 09/02/2090