Social media was awash with excitement today as the dates aligned to create a perfect palindrome.

The 22nd February, 2022 can be written down as the satisfyingly symmetrical 22.2.22 – a once-in-a-lifetime lineup that won’t happen again for another 200 years.

The unique date, which reads the same forwards and backwards, has been dubbed ‘Twosday’ by social media users as it happens to fall on a Tuesday.
As well as a palindrome, it is also an ambigram, which means the date remains the same when its digits are reversed upside-down.

Bashir Daud Matikita wrote “Rare indeed, I miss those days when we used to have 01/01/01, 02/02/02 , 03/03/03, 04/04/04 this sequence ended in 2012 with 12/12/12 wow those dates. I couldn’t absent myself at school just to record the date in my books.”

Concurring with Matikita’s remarks Joel Chisi Jce wrote: “The only month which has matched twice 02/02/22 n 22/02/22.”

Another identified as Ryan M wrote: “Hahaha infact it’s very interesting and confusing at the same time but anyway am listening with a keen interest.”