What is 02022020 called?

For starters, it’s an eight-digit palindrome: Many palindrome dates are only symmetrical if you write the date with seven digits (1-10-2011) — or in some cases even fewer (9-10-19). Inan calls such dates “ubiquitous palindromes,” and there won’t be another one for 101 years.

What is a ubiquitous palindrome?

Ubiquitous in this instance has been used to describe that no matter how a culture writes the date, it remains a palindrome — it reads the same backward and forward — and may be celebrated around the world on the same calendar day, according to Aziz Inan, a University of Portland professor of electrical engineering.

What is the next palindrome date?

The next full palindrome date will occur on Dec. 12, 2121, ( or 101 years from now. Inan has also compiled a list of seven- and eight-digit palindrome dates in the 21st century.

What is a palindromic surname?

There are lots of palindromic given names, for example ADA, ANNA, BOB, ELLE, EVE, HANNAH and OTTO. More unusual ones include ABBA, AOITOA, ESEESE, LERREL, NEVEN, ODDO and VYV. Palindromic surnames are just as plentiful: CIRIC, EDE, IYAYI, MASSAM, RETTER, SILLIS, YELLEY. I’m sure you can think of others.