Keep awake, see the time at 1am on Wednesday

NEW DELHI: A remarkable magic of numbers that happened 100 years ago will take place early Wednesday - when time and date will read 01:02:03 04/05/06 exactly at two minutes and three seconds after 1 am.

This interesting phenomenon last happened in 1906 - on April 5 at two minutes and three seconds after 1 am. The clock then showed exactly what one would get to see early Wednesday just after 1 am.

This unusual number game will again happen after 100 years - in 2106. But there is a catch. The clock and date setting is set on the international standard date format - month/date/year. In India, most of the call centres and MNCs follow the international date format.

But Indians may come twice lucky as the standard date format followed here is day/month/year. So on May 4, 2006, Indians can again experience the magic of number. A double whammy?

So keep awake and see the time at 1 am Wednesday. You will never get to see it again.