A 10-day stretch in May is being called the palindrome dates due to the forward and backward pattern that takes shape.

When you put in the date "May 20, 2025" as all numbers, you get 5/20/25, or 52025, which is a palindrome. The following day also ends up being a palindrome, and if you keep going, you get 10 total for ...

Because we're in the midst of the palindromic days of 2025. Palindrome is the term for when a word or phrase written forward and backward the same way. Think words like civic, level or race car.