Ahead of my time

So apparently the NYT just figured out that a palindrome date is happening soon (thank to my friend, D, for the link!).  Oh, Dr. Inan, you are about one year too late in the palindrome date discussion - blushing brides all over America (where the MMDDYYYY format is most dominant) figured it out about 3 nanoseconds after the rings were slipped onto their fingers.  Can you figure out the NYT's puzzle (linked above)?

01-02-2010, yeah baby!