Stupid question for smart people.

[loopychew]

Completely out of nowhere, I had a random question surface in my brain:

Say you're born on February 29. Your 18th and 21st birthdays do not fall on leap years, so when do you legally become "of age," February 28th or March 1st? (My money's on the latter, but I just want to make sure.)

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[damienroc.livejournal.com]

According to Wikipedia, in England and Wales it happens on the 28th.

[chiieddy.livejournal.com]

There was lots of interesting info about midway down the page here:

http://everything2.com/index.pl?node=February%2029

The interesting thing is while some people choose to celebrate on 2/28 or 3/1, legally they are not recognized as being a year older until 3/1.

[geoduck.livejournal.com]

Just, whatever you do, don't get apprenticed to a band of pirates.

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