Who’s Born First?

By Alex in Baby & Kids on Nov 8, 2007 at 2:21 am

When Laura Cirioli gave birth to twins, she never thought that Daylight Saving Time would be such a headache. Consider this:

Peter Sullivan Cirioli was dubbed "Baby A" at WakeMed Cary when he arrived early Sunday morning.

“Yes, Peter was born first, it was at 1:32 a.m.,” mother Laura Cirioli said.

Thirty-four minutes later, Peter’s twin sister, Allison Raye Cirioli, known as "Baby B," made her entrance into the world.

Because of Daylight Saving Time, Allison’s time of birth was 1:06 a.m., which makes her 26 minutes older than her brother even though he was born first.

So does this make the baby who is born first younger than his brother? Link (article with video clip)

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S-r-ex
Nov 8th, 2007 at 3:41 am
No, in these cases we ignore DST. Baby A is the oldest and first one. when DST is reset, this will all solve up.
Ant
Nov 8th, 2007 at 5:11 am
Whoever came out first.
Collector
Nov 8th, 2007 at 9:13 am
There is UTC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utc
Jason Peacock
Nov 8th, 2007 at 9:48 am
Yep, gotta use timezones. The first kid was born at 1:32AM PDT, the second kid at 1:06 AM PST. Thus the first kid is still older, not the second.

It’s just bad reporting, an opportunity to educate the public about timezones and DST has been missed.

Or, as mentioned by Collector, if you use UTC then it’s also not ambiguous.
tona b.
Nov 8th, 2007 at 10:33 am
Ugh. Lousy daylight savings! Of course the first one out is older!
Justin
Nov 8th, 2007 at 10:51 am
Hah! I imagine years of sibling rivalry over this subject!
Jacki
Nov 8th, 2007 at 10:52 am
Although the time recorded may show that, in no way Allison could be older. Time never moves backwards but man has their own way of defining time… I think we should just just keep it as Peter being 34 min older…
L
Nov 8th, 2007 at 2:25 pm
That’s as silly as saying a college student who was born on February 29th is only five years old. The first one to leave the womb is the oldest, of course! Clock time is just an artificial construct anyway.
Prairie Dog
Nov 8th, 2007 at 8:54 pm
Dayum, I could rant for hours on this. I hate hate hate daylight savings. People please, if you need the light, change your damn schedule.
eek
Nov 9th, 2007 at 1:23 am
The answer is obvious. Whoever thought this one up— had too much TIME on their hands…
They need to get a life.
Jason Cirioli
Nov 25th, 2007 at 9:16 am
We appreciate all of the time you all have spent thinking of our new family. We did not mean to ruffle any feathers just thought it was kinda neat. We love our kids and want the best for them. I am sure they will enjoy the story when they are older. As for those who thought it was a pointless waste of time to mention this exciting event, you need to get a life. Spend some more time with your family and let them know you love them instead of spending your time on the computer commenting about other people more interesting lives.

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