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

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    I feel like celebrating on March 1st when it’s not a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then their birthday is the day after February 28.

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      I feel like celebrating on February 28th when it’s not a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then their birthday is the day before March 1.

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        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.

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          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.

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

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            Username checks out, gottem with the modulo.

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        Think about what your age is on Feb 28 and March 1 on non leap years.

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          A year, basically, since you were born after the 28th but also before the 1st, so the next year before the first would already be a year again. Mar 1st would be a year and a day, technically.

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        If you want to argue for celebrating on the 28th, I would argue that you are actually 1 year older the day before your birthday. That is why you can buy alcohol the day before you turn 21. At least where I live.

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      Or it’s the day before March 1.