[LEAPSECS] Birth date question

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <002d01cf14bc$12a03490$37e09db0$@comcast.net>, "Gerard Ashton" write
s:


>The time of birth

>would be the actual time of birth, but  the time zone (and hence date) would

>be that of the location of the conveyance at the time of birth, or the time

>zone where the child is removed from the conveyance.


States don't care about what time of day you were born, and they
generally don't care much what day you were born, as long as it is
correct within a few days.  The main effect of birthdays is to
spread administrative workload out over the calendar year,

Duration of pregnancy varies by a couple of weeks and therefore your
birthday is pretty random to begin with and nobody is in any position
to claim if it is the "correct" birthday or not.

We instinctively recognize this when we greet somebody with "happy
birthday" in the morning, despite the fact that they likely were
born later in the day -- or maybe even in a different timezone.

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