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People born on Leap Day, do you celebrate your birthday on February 28th, February 29th, or March 1st? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 months ago by TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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Also, how would that work on things like birth certificates?

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[–] nrezcm@lemmy.world 37 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I feel like celebrating only on February 29th during a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then that's their birthday and their rate of aging is slowed by %80.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 19 points 8 months ago

Your 80% claim doesn't account for people who live through a year divisible by 100 but not 400.

Children born today could feasibly turn 18 in 2096, but won't celebrate their 19th birthday in 2100. They'll turn 19 in 2104.

[–] CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml 11 points 8 months ago (1 children)

If their birthday is really % 80 then they reset to a newborn after age 79.

[–] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 8 months ago

Username checks out, gottem with the modulo.