Anyone born 29th Feb ?

[Toshiba Boy]

He says he's 15 on his FB feed.

Edit:
Just checked the internet. 2000 was a leap year.

Spot on Ian, transpires 1800, 1900 etc don't have leap days, nor will 2100, but 2000 did. So my Uncle Arf would have been 23 today. Learn something everyday.

 

[sleuthey]

IIRC, from discussion 4 years ago, is it @Saluki Birthday today?

 

[Venod]

yes... 2000 was divisible by 4, unlike 1900 and 2100

1900 and 2100 are divisible by four.

 

[Beebo]

1900 and 2100 are divisible by four.

It has to be divisible by 400.

 

[raleighnut]

IIRC, from discussion 4 years ago, is it @Saluki Birthday today?

Yep, I was trying to remember whose 'username' it was so happy birthday @Saluki

 

[Venod]

It has to be divisible by 400.

Yes to be a leap year, but he said

"yes... 2000 was divisible by 4, unlike 1900 and 2100"

Which is not correct.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Lass at work is 12 today

 

[sleuthey]

Yep, I was trying to remember whose 'username' it was so happy birthday @Saluki

Yep. That sums up how interesting my life is, seeing I can remember a fact like that! 😂

 

[Tail End Charlie]

The 3 conditions for a given year be a leap year are:
- The year is exactly divisible by four (with no remainder);
- If the year is divisible by 100 (years ending in two zeros), it is not a leap, except if
- It is also divisible by 400 (in this case it will be a leap year).

So the year 2,000 was a leap year due to the third condition.

Thanks, didn't know that.

 

[BrumJim]

One of my colleagues became a father yesterday.

Will save on birthday presents, I assume?

 

[Beebo]

One of my son’s class mates was 3 yesterday.
I asked about what date they usually celebrate his birthday, and it’s moveable depending on whether 28th or 1st is nearer to the weekend.

 

[richardfm]

My gran was. She always went by the 28th, but legally those born on the 29th are supposed to use the 1st March in non leap years.

I just dodged that bullet, popped into the world on the 27th.

Which law says that?

 

[tyred]

On the radio yesterday morning, they were talking about a set of triplets who were celebrating their birthday on Feb 29th. What are the odds of that?

 

[Asa Post]

On the radio yesterday morning, they were talking about a set of triplets who were celebrating their birthday on Feb 29th. What are the odds of that?

It's not possible to be precise, because the proportion of live births that result in triplets is quoted as different numbers in different sources. Most seem to be in the range of 1 in 7,000 to 1 in 10,000.
The odds of being born on 29th February are known exactly = 1 in 1,461.
Using 1 in 10,000 for triplet births (and rounding off) gives an answer of about 14.5 million to 1.

 

[Saluki]

Yep. That sums up how interesting my life is, seeing I can remember a fact like that! 😂

I am glad you remembered that fact, because nobody else did. Still, it’s not an important birthday, I was 15.