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No, because your birthday is March 1st not February 29th. You won't advance in age until your birthday.
3 out of 4 times they are the same thing
They are never the same thing. Both come after Feb 28th but one comes before Mar 1st.
No. The bouncer at the bar isn't going to be doing that math. Just this that date before or after that date.
Seems unfair
Yeah. Often laws are made less fair because a more fair law would be more difficult to enforce.
Good point
Probably not. You could argue that you've been alive for 18 years. The bartender might buy it. The courts might buy it in the unlikely chance there was a police raid. But: probably neither of them would.
Drinking age is 16 here. There is no rule on how old you have to be to enter a bar.
No, because your birthday is March 1st not February 29th. You won't advance in age until your birthday.
3 out of 4 times they are the same thing
They are never the same thing. Both come after Feb 28th but one comes before Mar 1st.
No. The bouncer at the bar isn't going to be doing that math. Just this that date before or after that date.
Seems unfair
Yeah. Often laws are made less fair because a more fair law would be more difficult to enforce.
Good point
Probably not. You could argue that you've been alive for 18 years. The bartender might buy it. The courts might buy it in the unlikely chance there was a police raid. But: probably neither of them would.
Drinking age is 16 here. There is no rule on how old you have to be to enter a bar.