Wednesday is the 12th day of the 12th month in 2012, or 12/12/12 for short, bringing an end to the repeating month, day, year calendar digits that many have celebrated by scheduling weddings and births on these days since 01/01/01.

The next string of similarly lucky repetitive-digit dates won’t come around for the next century, until January 1, 2101, or 01/01/01.