February 22, 2002
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What were you doing on 8:02 PM, 2/20, 2002? ( i.e., 20:02, 20/02, 2002...only the second time in history the time, date, and year were in perfect symmetry)

I have no earthly idea. Most likely I was on the computer.

Jonathan, 21
Brevard
, NC   USA

First I registered that the 2000 Day question was about the mystical "2's", a piece of exotica that underwhelms me.   Then I translated the numbers to Wednesday evening.  I was re-reading a pleasant fantasy cycle dealing with the Celts and reincarnation.

Jill, 61
Saylorsburg
, PA  USA

I was watching the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

Shayna, 28
Somerville
, MA  USA

Working. Can't remember what specific duty.

Alias Irrelevante

I was either napping or getting ready to watch the Olympics on NBC.

Kevin, 33
Sugar Hill
, GA  USA

You should have asked that on 2/20...now I have to try really hard to remember what I was doing 3 days ago. I would say I was watching the Olympics on TV while sitting on the couch with my husband!

Tracy, 24
Ocean City
, NJ USA

Watching the Olympics.

Jane, 62
West Linn
, OR   USA

Verifying that the MP3 of a 1989 Beastie Boys song I had downloaded functioned properly. It did, and I was rockin.

Firelady, 24
Dallas
, TX   USA

eating dinner

Angela, 18
Bella Vista
, AR   USA

I don't remember. I was probably on-line.

Keri-Jade, 21
Brampton, Ontario  CANADA

I was working!

Melodi, 19
Gahanna
, OH   USA

Reading a book. I didn't realize it was an important occasion.

Judy, 62
Easton
, KS   USA

well, my finace was outta town or I would have been hangin' with him, but I was watching tv I think and getting ready for his call at 9. What an event to remember on such a cool day. Oh well...Maybe by the time the next one comes around, science will have found a way to keep me alive to do something cool on it.

Stephanie, 25
TX  USA

Sitting in my living room with a fresh cup of tea in hand, waiting for the Olympic programming to start on TV, talking to the love of my life about the speed skating from the previous night.

Fisch, 46
Preston
, CT   USA

Teaching a class on basic web design

Felicia, 36
Lowell
, MA   USA

i was sitting at home, talking on the phone with my boyfriend. it is the second time in history it has happened, but also the last time the time, date and year will be in perfect symmetry!

Mandi, 17
Lake City
, MN   USA

I believe I was in a bookstore with a 3 page list and amazingly finding none of the books.

Triana, 29
Austin
, TX   USA

What were you doing on 8:02 PM, 2/20, 2002? ( i.e., 20:02, 20/02, 2002...only the second time in history the time, date, and year were in perfect symmetry). Actually, I didn't even realize there was any significance until the next day. So, I paid no attention to what I was doing. I was probably putting the kids to bed.

Doug2, 29
Overland Park
, KS  USA

Watching The Billboard Top 200 on Channel [V] and praying for world peace...also computing a formula for palindromic timedates! It goes:

abcd y dcba
(a, b, c, d, being the digits of the time & year, y being the date)

a = 0, 1, 2
b has a quirk...
If a = 0 or 1
b = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
But if a = 2
b = 0, 1, 2, 3 ONLY
c = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
d = 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

The date is only represented by a single variable - y - because it only falls on 6 dates of the year:

10th January (10/01)
20th February (20/02)
30th March (30/03)
1st October (01/10)
11th November (11/11)
21st December (21/12)

The dates also work in the American system, where the months precedes the day. So it'll be 0110, 0220, 0330, and so forth.

The last time this event will ever occur will be on 19:59 21st December 9591. Then we'll have to wait till the year is 6 digits long so that we can take the seconds into account.

Tiara, 15
Johor  MALAYSIA

i was headed back to my dorm after work.

Patty, 19
San Marcos
, TX    USA

I was standing in front of a workstation in a computer lab at Gallaudet University. My class had let out early and I was supposed to meet a friend to go out, so I was waiting for his class to finish.

etoile, 21
Washington
, DC   USA

Let's see: I was paying attention to Dilly Willy and Morpheus (a.ka. Morph, morphological)...I was taking a break from reading about medieval history (from Constantine to Dante)...the book is called The Age of Faith From Constantine to Dante...it is the fourth book in Will Durant's Story of Civilization (it is 50 years old)...I already read the history of the near East, the history of Greece, and the history of Rome...that stuff is totally my bag. Ancient Greece is totally my favorite culture...

Frodo
age unknown, parts unknown

Since when is the SECOND time more important than the FIRST? The first occurence of this event was 10:01 a.m. on 10/10/1010 and at that time I wasn't born yet; I was still living with my Heavenly parents, probably doing the same thing I was at 8:02a.m. on 20/2002 - eating breakfast.

Reba, 50+
Silver Spring
, MD  USA

Waiting in an Italian restaurant for a table.

Johanna, 18
OK  USA

Not paying attention :(

Talia, 24
Wilton
, CT   USA

On 2/20, 2002, at 8:02 PM, I was just arriving at the office where I work, to work a half shift. So I worked from 8-12pm that day.

Lisa J., 23
TN  USA

shamefully enough, i think i was napping.

Jillian, 18
Indianapolis
, IN  USA

no clue probably working

Nicole2, 20
FL  USA

Was meeting with some friends for a Bible study.

Ryan, 28
Riedlingen  GERMANY

I might have been sitting down to some Wednesday night television. Dawson's Creek or Star Trek.

Eric, 19
Beverly Hills
, CA  USA

This was my son's 16th birthday. He was loving it. He only wished he was turning 22 and he is waiting for 2/22/22

Janet, 44
E. Brunswick
, NJ  USA

I'm not sure, precisely. I was on my honeymoon, though.

Karen, 22
Ames
, IA USA

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