A Homogeneous Date

May 5 of 1955 can be written as 5/5/55. How many times during the 20th century the date in the format month day and the last two digits of the year can be written with the same digit?

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4 Comments

  1. Kk:

    N.n.nn -9 dates, 11.1.11, 1.11.11, 11.11.11, 2.22.22.

  2. Andrew:

    Thirteen times. Four with only the digit 1, two with only the digit 2, and one each for the digits 3 through 9.

  3. Leif:

    I think there’s more – something like 6/9/96 is all written with the same digit (although I’ve had to turn the paper upside down occasionally).

  4. Ted Ridgway:

    I can do 90.

    Using base 2.

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