Comment by skissane

Comment by skissane a day ago

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> But the birthday date didn’t change so it shouldn’t move to a different day.

But it does. My brother moved to the US for a few years. So we’d send him birthday wishes on the day of his birthday (Australia time), and he’d get them the day before his birthday (his time). Now he’s moved back to Australia, the same thing happens in reverse-he gets birthday wishes from his American friends the day after his birthday.

My wife has lots of American friends on Facebook (none of whom she knows personally, all people she used to play Farmville with)-and she has them wishing her a happy birthday the day after her birthday too. Maybe she’s doing the same to them in reverse.

thayne 16 hours ago

But using UTC doesn't solve that, unless the recipient of the birthday wishes is close to the prime meridian.