February 29 birthdays

Probably depends on which side of the International Date Line they are, c.i.

You reckon those folks living right on the IDL never have birthdays? Imagine that, never aging!

I thought, the 29th is everywhere the 29th for 24 hours?

Good try, Debacle, but Walter has your IDL covered. LOL

Good question.

I JUST missed out on a 29th birthday by 6 hours.

I'm not sure I would want to be "unique" in that way. Everybody has a good excuse not to celebrate your birthday - too often - unless you live longer by missing birthdays.

Well, there wasn't a 29th in my year of birth. Nevertheless I came a week earlier due to a Caesarian.

How about celebrating the birthday on Julian Calendar:

Sunday, 29 February 2004 (Gregorian)
= 16 February 2004 C.E. (Julian)

Tuesday, 29 February 2000
= 16 February 2000 C.E.

Thursday, 29 February 1996
= 16 February 1996 C.E.

Saturday, 29 February 1992
= 16 February 1992 C.E.

Monday, 29 February 1988
= 16 February 1988 C.E.

Wednesday, 29 February 1984
= 16 February 1984 C.E.

Friday, 29 February 1980
= 16 February 1980 C.E.

Sunday, 29 February 1976
= 16 February 1976 C.E.


Tuesday, 29 February 1972
= 16 February 1972 C.E.

Thursday, 29 February 1968
= 16 February 1968 C.E.

..

If your birthday is 16 Feb on Julian Calendar, then 16 Feb is your birthday in any year irrespective of whether it is a leap year or not.

A friend of mine used to celebrate over two days, the 28th and the 1st. For him it was really a week long celebration.

I had a friend who is 8 yrs old in leap year years. Celebrated his b'day on the 1'st, most of the time.

In the US eastern states, the days from 3rd to 13th in September were omitted in 1752 due to the Julian-Gregorian calendar change, and hence those whose birthdays fell in the interval must have missed their birthdays in that year.

Hi satt, That's the first time I heard of that date omission. How was it eventually reconciled to the world calendar?

c.i..
In The Roman Catholic Church, omission of days due to the Gregorian reform was from 5th to 14th of October in 1582, and other countries followed with different omission dates. Ultimately many countries have adopted the Gregorian Calendar.

http://homepages.tesco.net/~jk.calisto/calisto/calendars/change_dates_jg.htm#H

satt

Thanks for mentioning this program here - it's really very helpful, and I use it frequently :wink:

Walter..
If you have any question about calendars, please feel free to ask me. If I am capable of answering I will respond. I have my programs of calendars.

Good link, satt. Thnx.

CI, every country and locality lost those days when the conversion from Julian to Gregorian was made. In some places in Europe there was rioting by people who didn't understand and thought they were being robbed of a number of days by their rulers.

Thanks, satt, but I'm doing quite well with what I got here (printed 'Gronefeld' for instance):wink: