Also, how would that work on things like birth certificates?
My friend in grammar school had a Leap Day birthday and his parents’ solution was that his birthday was celebrated “the day after February 28th”.
In my country that’s the legal definition of February 29. So if it’s not a leap year, February 29 is March 1.
I went to high school with twins born on the 29th. If I remember correct they celebrated on the 28th.
I don’t know but I’d assume that the birth certificate just states the date of your birth. It is an actual date, just one that doesn’t occur annually.
So then I’d be curious. Does their drivers license show it expiring on the 28th or 1st?
My driver’s license (Dutch) doesn’t expire on my birthday but 10 years after the date it was issued. If it were issued on the 29th of februari, it would expire on March first since it would be valid on the 28th but not on the 1st.
Most in America expire on your birthday in X number of years even if the date of issue is a different day.
Weird.
Definitely, we use the Imperial system after all.
I have two goddaughters, born 4 years apart. Each were due on 29th Feb, both arrived on the 1st March. I’m still disappointed by their lateness.
But in both cases the parents had decided to celebrate on the 1st of March on non-leap years, had they arrived on their due dates.
Most divided by celebrating 28th / 1st, few celebrate at midnight between, few celebrate both (Vox 2016)
My sister-in-law was born on Feb 29th. She celebrates on the 28th, and during leap year accepts congratulations on both days :)
The romans made leap day Feburary 24th, and renumbered the days following that. So you are not asking the right question.
