TheImpressiveXtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·8 months agoPeople born on Leap Day, do you celebrate your birthday on February 28th, February 29th, or March 1st?message-squarearrow-up1174arrow-down15message-square58file-textfedilink
arrow-up1169arrow-down1message-squarePeople born on Leap Day, do you celebrate your birthday on February 28th, February 29th, or March 1st?TheImpressiveXtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml·8 months agomessage-square58file-textfedilink
minus-squareThavronarrow-up18arrow-down5·8 months agolinkfedilinkI 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.
minus-squareramble81arrow-up5arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkSo then I’d be curious. Does their drivers license show it expiring on the 28th or 1st?
minus-squareThavronarrow-up10arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkMy 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.
minus-squareramble81arrow-up3arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkMost in America expire on your birthday in X number of years even if the date of issue is a different day.
minus-squareweksaarrow-up1arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkDefinitely, we use the Imperial system after all.
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.