Happy Birthday?

The way Koreans keep track of their age is so confusing.  Several Asian cultures actually adhere to East Asian age reckoning.  When you are born you are 1 year old.  On your birthday your age doesn't change.  Everyone's age changes on January 1st -- the new year.

This allows for some interesting situations.   The most extreme situation: Say you are born at 11:59pm on December 31st.  One minute later when it is January 1st you will be considered 2 years old.

I have to ask Koreans which year they were born to get a true sense of how old they are.

Then there is the whole Lunar calendar birthday thing, which is another can of worms.

So, happy birthday everyone???