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.