9/25/2017 RIVERSIDE (CBSLA) — It sounds like a romantic comedy, but it’s actually much rarer — for the first and only time this century, a Riverside postal code will match today’s date, an occasion known in the U.S. Postal Service as “Date Meets Zip.”
Julie Aguero, retail supervisor at the Chicago Avenue post office in Riverside, prepares a commemorative 92517-postmarked envelope on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017, for a Date Meets ZIP celebration. The U.S. Postal Service issues special postmarks for collectors when a zip code matches the date. (SUZANNE HURT, STAFF PHOTO/SCNG)
Monday is 9-25-17, the same numbers in a ZIP code covering parts of east and south Riverside, USPS spokeswoman Eva Jackson said.
“The possibility of having a ‘Date Meets ZIP’ is quite rare,” said USPS spokeswoman Eva Jackson. “It only comes up every 100 years, and for most locations, not at all.”
Source: Rare Occurrence: Riverside ZIP Code To Match Today’s Date « CBS Los Angeles
Some Upcoming “Date Meets ZIP” cities
Anaheim- 9-28-17
New York City, New York– 10-1-17
Crompond, NY 10-5-17
Woodbury, New York 10-9-17