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Of course! Thanks, kilgore trout.

Hmm, actually I still can't get the date to fit. I must be missing something...

clovergo , you're probably doing what I did originally i.e not taking leap years into account .

Actually not leap years but the fact that EVs appearing on Xmas day are not numbered.

Thanks KT . Not that familiar with EV so that fact passed me by. Now makes me wonder if my submission is correct !

The final step is overly complicated in my opinion. It's really just asking what is the next EV puzzle number that is also a binary representation of a normal number? The December 2184 bit is just confusing.

I know it's not important, but can someone point out my mistake in working.

We start with 1111, add 40 to take us to December 2014, add 170 years times 52 weeks to take us to December 2184, take away 24 for the number of Christmas Day Sundays in that time, which is 9967, not the next binary representation after 1111.

It's driving me nuts.

Assuming one per week, the magic number occurs on June 4 2184. 24 weeks later (for the missing numbers) gets you to December 19. There are not exactly 52 weeks in a year.

Ah, right. Thanks again kilgore trout.