my birthday is on the 28th of februrary and a good amount of times when i tell people, they ask back, "isn't that a leap year day?" and while i appreciate the attempt at prolonging the conversation and contributing to the back and forth for small talk to maintain societal norms... that is far from the truth... in fact it is a whole 24 hours away from the truth. sometimes 4 years and 24 hours from the truth... or 3 or 2 or 1 and 24 hours from the truth.