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Re:When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions by bryanrasmussen on Saturday May 09, 2026 @03:39AM (#48072816)
twins born mid flight as plane crosses time zone, can the second twin be born before the first!!?
Re:When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions by rmunn on Saturday May 09, 2026 @06:34AM (#48073796)
Or (more likely since most airlines won't let a nine-month pregnant woman on board), born aboard a ship. (These days, most likely a cruise ship).

For extra fun, have them be born on opposite sites of the International Date Line, crossing west-to-east so that the younger twin (born on the east side of the line) is born on (say) July 1st at 8:00 AM local time, while the older twin (born fifteen minutes earlier on the west side of the line) is born on July 2nd at 8:45 AM local time.

For extra EXTRA fun, have them be born on opposite sites of the International Date Line on opposite sides of midnight, AND as the calendar ticks over from Dec 31st to Jan 1st. It gets really, really confusing. Though thankfully, I would bet money that particular example is contrived enough that it has never happened in real life.

Re:When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions by stavros on Saturday May 09, 2026 @10:46AM (#48075403)
What do you mean by opposing sides of midnight? They'd be born on the same day then, if one is born just before midnight of the 2nd and the one (later) just after midnight of the 1st.
Re:When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions by saghm on Saturday May 09, 2026 @02:55PM (#48077285)
Ships can sail in both directions
Re:When is your birthday? The math behind hash collisions by stavros on Saturday May 09, 2026 @02:59PM (#48077313)
Yeah, and then the eldest twin is born on the 31st and the youngest on the 2nd, same as before.