I feel like celebrating on March 1st when it's not a leap year makes the most sense. If someone was born on February 29, then their birthday is the day after February 28.

Turned 13 today. I complain that my wife only buys me a present every four years. She says if I keep saying that, it may come true. Also, at work, I tell them to excuse my behavior, I'm just acting my age.

As far as 28th vs March 1st, well, I celebrate both days. If I'm getting scammed out of birthdays three out of four years, I'm taking an extra day on those off years!

Feb 29th. I'm 7 now.

j/k

My friend in grammar school had a Leap Day birthday and his parents' solution was that his birthday was celebrated "the day after February 28th".

Related question is when does the government celebrate your birthday. Sure, you can go apply for your drivers license on your 16th birthday on February 29, but your 18th and 21st birthdays aren’t on leap years. When can you get your first legal drink? (I’m assuming March 1st, as the bars don’t want to risk serving you a day early.)

On the 90's TV show Wings, there was a character, Roy Biggens, whose birthday was on Feb 29th, and his parents were dicks, so they only let him celebrate on Feb 29th. So, in the show when he was turning 40 years old he had a 10th birthday party with all the shit a 10-year-old would want.

I went to high school with twins born on the 29th. If I remember correct they celebrated on the 28th.

Wife and I just had this conversation about drinking in the US. Legal drinking age is 21. So if you're born Feb 29th, can you drink on the 28th? No. If your birthday is January 2nd, you can't drink on January 1st. Only makes sense to me that it'd be March 1st, but I'm born in Dec, so not really my choice or opinion that matters. :-D Just saying.

I have two goddaughters, born 4 years apart. Each were due on 29th Feb, both arrived on the 1st March. I’m still disappointed by their lateness.

But in both cases the parents had decided to celebrate on the 1st of March on non-leap years, had they arrived on their due dates.

I don't know but I'd assume that the birth certificate just states the date of your birth. It is an actual date, just one that doesn't occur annually.

I dunno, but it's only every four years that I can give my dad his present on his birthday.

This year I saved up and got him some Johnnie Walker blue lol.

If I were the one, I'd celebrate 2/28 evening and 3/1 morning

Most divided by celebrating 28th / 1st, few celebrate at midnight between, few celebrate both (Vox 2016)

My aunt and an uncle (coincidentally, the same aunt's daughter's husband) are both born on Leap Day and they celebrate the 28th.

Although their shared party is on the 2nd this year since it's a Saturday.

I know a musician born on 29 February (you might know her for her contributions to the soundtracks of Celeste and Minecraft to name two), and as far as I know, she celebrates it on 1 March... in the case of a non-leap year.

My sister-in-law was born on Feb 29th. She celebrates on the 28th, and during leap year accepts congratulations on both days :)