Scientists and Psychics Hail Rare Time Symmetry. The big fuss is about 20:02, 20/02/2002. It's interesting in a tangential way, but I think mathematicians (and psychics) have more important things to do rather than go clockwatching. Besides, this whole time/calendar thing is completely arbitrary. Why, according to the Chinese calendar it's the year 4699. That's not palindromic. And what about the tedious Mayan Calendar? 12.19.9.0.1 10 'Imix 19 Pax G1. What a mouthful!