Monday, 3 August 2015

calculation puzzle - Who's the oldest?


A child is born on August 19th 2016 00:12 (local time) on timezone GMT + 1.
Another child is born on August 18th 2016 23:48 (local time) on timezone GMT.

Which one is the oldest?


Note: Not sure I tagged this properly. I could use some help.



Answer



Legally,



GMT child is older, as they'll celebrate/commiserate their birthday the day before GMT+1 child, despite being born 36 minutes later.
There will be a point where GMT child is 21 years old whilst GMT+1 child is 20, for example (which would be incredibly annoying if they were attempting to go to a bar in the USA (GMT-4 to GMT-10, I believe). That's largely moot, though - since they were likely born in the UK and France, GMT+1 child can start drinking 1 year and 364 days before GMT child)



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