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Solve a debate please

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85notout · 11/02/2020 22:06

If a child is born at 7am on the 1st of February in Australia and it's currently 7pm on the 31st January in the UK and 7am on 1st feb hasn't happened yet so they can't have been born then what time would you say they were born ?

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SouthWestmom · 11/02/2020 22:07

The time of the country they were born in. I think you are over complicating this maybe?

WorraLiberty · 11/02/2020 22:08

7am Australian time.

BathshebaKnickerStickers · 11/02/2020 22:09

They were born and n Feb 1st. That is their birthday. I have a 2.35 am. If we moved to the USA her birthday wouldn’t change.

caulkheaded · 11/02/2020 22:09

Where they are born. The same as when it is the new year in Australia and it’s not in the uk. We don’t have the superiority!

altiara · 11/02/2020 22:10

As above ^
It’s irrelevant what time it is in another country!

altiara · 11/02/2020 22:10

Did you win or lose the bet?

chomalungma · 11/02/2020 22:12

When would they celebrate their birthday?
Would they have to be in the time zone they were born in for it to be their birthday?

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85notout · 11/02/2020 22:12

Well it's odd I mean that is their birthday but on the actual birthday 7am on the 1st of February wouldn't have happened yet in the UK so for those few hours then what ? I said 1st February but that was the response I got

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85notout · 11/02/2020 22:13

As in on the actual day when they were born not on subsequent birthdays

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DailyKegelReminder · 11/02/2020 22:16

It doesn't matter the time in other countries, otherwise we could all play the "ahhh but it isn't today yet in insert country so technically not your birthday"

chomalungma · 11/02/2020 22:20

It doesn't matter the time in other countries, otherwise we could all play the "ahhh but it isn't today yet in insert country so technically not your birthday

If you were born on 1st Feb in the UK, then you move to Australia and you celebrate your 50th birthday on 1st Feb in Australia (although it's still 31st Jan in the UK), are you technically 50 years old?

Or should you wait till the UK date is 1st Feb?

Strugglingtoquit · 11/02/2020 22:21

The time and date in the country they were born in. But if I was telling people who would be
Confused I would say that they were born 7am 1st feb, Australian time

Demigoddess90 · 11/02/2020 22:25

7am on the 1st of February because the baby was in Australia and that was the time at birth.
That’s like it being 00:00 on Christmas morning in Australia and then saying ‘oh no, it’s not Christmas Day yet because it’s only Christmas Eve in the UK’

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85notout · 11/02/2020 22:26

My friend maintains that a baby born at 7am tomorrow morning 12th February in Australia has to have been born at 7pm today as they exist but 7am on the 12th hasn't happened here yet Hmm maybe I should ask if they are also a flat earther !

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DailyKegelReminder · 11/02/2020 22:27

Surely that's only relevant if they move Confused I dont know anyone who says "yes I was born in xxx but in xxx my birthday is the next day"

If you moved country then you would use that countries time zone. Well I would.

But I understand it's different if say your sibling moved abroad from UK. You would think to message them on the UK date... Oh i dont know. Maybe text them twice just to be safe 😂

DailyKegelReminder · 11/02/2020 22:29

Cross post OP. No your friend is being silly.

chomalungma · 11/02/2020 22:31

I remember leaving France at 12pm on a hovercraft and arriving in the UK at 11.30am.

A feeling of going back in time.

And then there are those people who get to cross the date line and relive a whole day again.

notforonesecond · 11/02/2020 22:32

I’ve never read so much nonsense

ItsGoingTibiaK · 11/02/2020 22:38

I get you, I think, OP. Say a relative in Australia has a baby and you want to announce it to your friends and family in England. When you send your text, it's still, say, 8pm on 31 January in England, so it's confusing for them when you say "Baby Madge was born at 7am on 1 February" as that's still in the future for your English recipients.

Easily solved by adding "(Australian time)". Or just waiting until after 7am on 1 February British time.

puds11 · 11/02/2020 22:39

I can’t even be arsed to try and understand your friend.

My DSis lives in Aus. I tell her not to tell me what happens in the future Grin

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85notout · 11/02/2020 22:42

Puds11 I like your style.

Next time I see my friend I'll bring up time travel.... WinkGrin

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GetOuttaMySwamp · 11/02/2020 22:47

What about a child born at 7am on the 2nd February in Australia? Or the 3rd or the 4th and so on. Everybody born in the morning in Australia is born on a day that hasn't happened yet in the UK Grin

SallyLovesCheese · 11/02/2020 22:51

My DS was born evening of Christmas Eve. Would I say his birthday was Christmas Day if I went to Australia? No!

When my friends and relatives in North America have a birthday, I try to wish them happy birthday according to their time zone, not mine.

TheQueens · 11/02/2020 22:58

There's 30 seconds of my life I'm not getting back from reading that 🤣 or has it not happened in the time zone I'm in....?

NameChangeNugget · 11/02/2020 22:59

WTF have I just read? Grin

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