If your birthday is tomorrow, February 29th, would you celebrate today or March 1st? There's a special name for those born on Feb 29th - leaper or a leapling. It does seem interesting that its been 4 years - since 2020 that a person will be able to celebrate their birthday on its day.
Is it a rare birthday? Yes. There's a one in 1451 chance of being born on February 29th and it is the rarest birthday. Compare that to June 1st - that is the most common birthday.
When does the person reach legal age? For example, driving, voting, etc. Supposedly it is March 1st. It is considered the legal birth date in non-leap years.
And what about this tidbit - that February 29th is not considered a "valid day" by many companies and make their leapers choose Feb 28 or March 1 as their birthday. That seems like a human resource system deficiency to me.
Anthony, Texas and Anthony, New Mexico both claim the title "Leap Year Capital". I wonder what having the name Anthony has to do with the declaration.
This happy Monarch image keeps showing up in search lists. I guess it is migrating in my files.
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