birthday and timezone

[Beattie]

My daughter was born at 12:15 am Eastern Time. So if we are ever west of the eastern time zone should we celebrate her birthday the day before? Can she hang out in central time on the the day before and then come back east and have 2 birthdays?

 

[Crono]

Always celebrate by EST. It is king.

 

[lxskllr]

I'm not sure where you're going with this, but if you want to get her drunk a day early, I don't think that's going to fly :^D

 

[Beattie]

Not going anywhere with it really. I just figured that since it was 12:15 am, it was 11:15 pm central. So her birthday would really be different based on where she was.

 

[gaidensensei]

Don't bend the law to work your way if that's what you're thinking. Legally, she is still bound on that day of 12:15am.

Culturally, that's up to you. Chinese celebrate their Lunar new years in February and lots of foreigners don't understand it either.

 

[HN]

My daughter was born at 12:15 am Eastern Time. So if we are ever west of the eastern time zone should we celebrate her birthday the day before? Can she hang out in central time on the the day before and then come back east and have 2 birthdays?

no. if she hangs out in central time the day before, then it's not yet her birthday. when it does become her birthday, she could have one party central time. once she heads east, it's already her birthday and it's been celebrated.

she can, however, celebrate 12:15am eastern time, race over to central time before it hits midnight and then celebrate again when it does...then head over to mountain, and then one more time to pacific time.

 

[waffleironhead]

Did you try to factor in that leap years would throw the whole thing off? I mean seriously. She's not celebrating her 365th day party, she is celebrating her birthday. Which always remains the same where ever you are in the world.

 

[Beattie]

Did you try to factor in that leap years would throw the whole thing off? I mean seriously. She's not celebrating her 365th day party, she is celebrating her birthday. Which always remains the same where ever you are in the world.

Right but since she was born on what is (day-1) in central time then (day-1)+365 is still the previous day to day+365.

Know what I mean? The day she was born is dependent on the location she was born. So by changing the location she is, the day also "changes"... sort of.

To be clear, this is just a thought experiment. I know there is no legal change.

 

[EagleKeeper]

You will not be able to have the date determined differently

 

[MotionMan]

My daughter was born at 12:15 am Eastern Time. So if we are ever west of the eastern time zone should we celebrate her birthday the day before? Can she hang out in central time on the the day before and then come back east and have 2 birthdays?

No. Just. No.

MotionMan

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

just because you changed time zones doesn't mean you traveled through time. derf.