This one really did happen in the shower.

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    7 days ago

    People also turn 1 year old the day before their birthday. Like you said a babies first birthday is the start of their second year. Meaning you can legally purchase alcohol the day before your 21st or 18th birthday depending on your local laws.

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      That doesn’t sound right to me. Discounting leap years, you should turn 1 year old on your first birthday at the time of your birth (or considering the existence of leap years, 6 hours later than that, either the day of or the day before, depending).

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        It might be a state by state, country by country thing. I know in Virginia it is the day before your 21at birthday based off some court case explaining the 365 days = a year thing.

        https://www.abc.virginia.gov/licenses/retail-resources/preventing-underage-sales

        When does a person reach their 21st birthday? The attorney general’s office has opined that a person attains his/her next year of age on the day prior to his/her birthday. (1963 Va. AG LEXIS 215; 1962-1963 Op. Atty Gen. Va. 87)