We often see dates and times of things being posted as significant, or as comms. I was just curious how much of that could be attributed to coincidence, so did an analysis just on the current year 2023, and these were my findings.
NOTE: This is not meant to discourage or debunk the significance of these dates, just to put one off dates or times in perspective. I have no doubts that 17 is used as comms at times.
Out of all dates for the current year, I find that 91 of them can be added up to 17 depending on the format. I used dd/mm
, dd/mm/yy
, and dd/mm/yyyy
. Also I automated this, so it's possible there are some mistakes:
01/09/2023 :: 1 + 9 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
01/11/23 :: 1 + 11 + 2 + 3 = 17
01/16 :: 1 + 16 = 17
01/18/2023 :: 1 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
01/27/2023 :: 1 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
01/29/23 :: 1 + 2 + 9 + 2 + 3 = 17
02/08/2023 :: 2 + 8 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
02/10/23 :: 2 + 10 + 2 + 3 = 17
02/15 :: 2 + 15 = 17
02/17/2023 :: 2 + 1 + 7 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
02/19/23 :: 2 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 3 = 17
02/26/2023 :: 2 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
02/28/23 :: 2 + 2 + 8 + 2 + 3 = 17
03/07/2023 :: 3 + 7 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
03/09/23 :: 3 + 9 + 2 + 3 = 17
03/14 :: 3 + 14 = 17
03/16/2023 :: 3 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
03/18/23 :: 3 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 3 = 17
03/25/2023 :: 3 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
03/27/23 :: 3 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 3 = 17
04/06/2023 :: 4 + 6 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
04/08/23 :: 4 + 8 + 2 + 3 = 17
04/13 :: 4 + 13 = 17
04/15/2023 :: 4 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
04/17/23 :: 4 + 1 + 7 + 2 + 3 = 17
04/24/2023 :: 4 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
04/26/23 :: 4 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 3 = 17
05/05/2023 :: 5 + 5 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
05/07/23 :: 5 + 7 + 2 + 3 = 17
05/12 :: 5 + 12 = 17
05/14/2023 :: 5 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
05/16/23 :: 5 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 3 = 17
05/23/2023 :: 5 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
05/25/23 :: 5 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 3 = 17
06/04/2023 :: 6 + 4 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
06/06/23 :: 6 + 6 + 2 + 3 = 17
06/11 :: 6 + 11 = 17
06/13/2023 :: 6 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
06/15/23 :: 6 + 1 + 5 + 2 + 3 = 17
06/22/2023 :: 6 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
06/24/23 :: 6 + 2 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 17
06/29 :: 6 + 2 + 9 = 17
07/03/2023 :: 7 + 3 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
07/05/23 :: 7 + 5 + 2 + 3 = 17
07/10 :: 7 + 10 = 17
07/12/2023 :: 7 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
07/14/23 :: 7 + 1 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 17
07/19 :: 7 + 1 + 9 = 17
07/21/2023 :: 7 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
07/23/23 :: 7 + 2 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 17
07/28 :: 7 + 2 + 8 = 17
08/02/2023 :: 8 + 2 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
08/04/23 :: 8 + 4 + 2 + 3 = 17
08/09 :: 8 + 9 = 17
08/11/2023 :: 8 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
08/13/23 :: 8 + 1 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 17
08/18 :: 8 + 1 + 8 = 17
08/22/23 :: 8 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 17
08/27 :: 8 + 2 + 7 = 17
08/31/23 :: 8 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 17
09/01/2023 :: 9 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
09/03/23 :: 9 + 3 + 2 + 3 = 17
09/08 :: 9 + 8 = 17
09/12/23 :: 9 + 1 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 17
09/17 :: 9 + 1 + 7 = 17
09/21/23 :: 9 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 17
09/26 :: 9 + 2 + 6 = 17
10/02/23 :: 10 + 2 + 2 + 3 = 17
10/07 :: 10 + 7 = 17
10/11/23 :: 10 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 17
10/16 :: 10 + 1 + 6 = 17
10/25 :: 10 + 2 + 5 = 17
11/01/23 :: 11 + 1 + 2 + 3 = 17
11/06 :: 11 + 6 = 17
11/08/2023 :: 1 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
11/10/23 :: 1 + 1 + 10 + 2 + 3 = 17
11/15 :: 11 + 1 + 5 = 17
11/17/2023 :: 1 + 1 + 1 + 7 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
11/19/23 :: 1 + 1 + 1 + 9 + 2 + 3 = 17
11/24 :: 11 + 2 + 4 = 17
11/26/2023 :: 1 + 1 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
11/28/23 :: 1 + 1 + 2 + 8 + 2 + 3 = 17
12/05 :: 12 + 5 = 17
12/07/2023 :: 1 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
12/09/23 :: 1 + 2 + 9 + 2 + 3 = 17
12/14 :: 12 + 1 + 4 = 17
12/16/2023 :: 1 + 2 + 1 + 6 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
12/18/23 :: 1 + 2 + 1 + 8 + 2 + 3 = 17
12/23 :: 12 + 2 + 3 = 17
12/25/2023 :: 1 + 2 + 2 + 5 + 2 + 0 + 2 + 3 = 17
12/27/23 :: 1 + 2 + 2 + 7 + 2 + 3 = 17
That's 91 dates out of 365, so around ~25% of dates this year could be added to 17.
For times:
1:16 1:17 2:15
2:17 3:14 3:17
3:59 4:13 4:17
4:49 4:58 5:12
5:17 5:39 5:48
5:57 6:11 6:17
6:29 6:38 6:47
6:56 7:10 7:17
7:19 7:28 7:37
7:46 7:55 8:09
8:17 8:18 8:27
8:36 8:45 8:54
9:08 9:17 9:26
9:35 9:44 9:53
10:07 10:16 10:25
10:34 10:43 10:52
11:06 11:15 11:24
11:33 11:42 11:51
12:05 12:14 12:23
12:32 12:41 12:50
12:59
That's 61 times out of 720 possible times (not delineating am/pm) for ~8.5%
That makes me think tweets and posts with a 17 time, especially when it happens multiple times is more significant than dates. But I just found it interesting to try and put these dates and times into perspective and thought I'd share what I found.
After posting, I was also curious about other years. Without showing the math, here is what I found:
Good pick ups.
Noice!