All palindromic fans should be looking forward to the second day of the new year in 2010.
That day is a palindromic date in standard American (mmddyyyy) format: 01-02-2010, expressed backwards as a date is precisely 01-02-2010.
The Grey Lady also presents some related puzzles for you math-do-gooders (Paging Doctor Mad DR2 aka the smartest guy I went high school with, seriously).