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What happens to people born on February 29th?

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Unless you don't have a birthday. For 187,000 of us in the U.S., that's what happens three-quarters of the time. We leaplings, as we're called, have defied 1-in-1,461 odds to have our birthdays fall on February 29. Some would figure that makes us special. It depends on how you look at it. read more

People born on 29th February celebrate their birthdays differently during the course of 4 years until the next leap year shows up. Consider the reference birth date 29th of February 2000, now in the next year ie 2001, he/she would celebrate his/her birthday 6 hours ahead of his/her actual birth time. read more

But, each February 29, I pause to take a life inventory. 16 to 20 marked the time from high school to college. From 36 to 40, I became a father and moved out of New York City. There isn’t much of a Leap Day birthday canon. read more

Born on February 29 A person born on February 29 may be called a "leapling", a "leaper", or a "leap-year baby". In non-leap years, some leaplings celebrate their birthday on either February 28 or March 1, while others only observe birthdays on the authentic intercalary date, February 29. read more