Days alive

One hot, sticky, internet-less day back in August, I got bored and figured out how many days I had been alive up to that point. It was around 9500, which got me thinking: that's not too far off from rolling over, odometer-style, to a nice round ten thousand.

I calculated when that 10,000th day would be. If I'm going to be strict about it and try to celebrate it down to the minute (give or take), it works out that I turn 10,000 days old at 5:35PM, December 6, 2009.

But there's two problems. First, I was born during the summer, with Daylight Savings Time in effect. So when the December clocks say 4:35PM, only then will I be a whole number of days alive. The other problem is that I'll be in Japan on that date, so I need to celebrate when the clocks in California say 4:35. This turns out to be 9:35AM, the next day.

So at 9:35AM, on December 7, 2009 - I'll celebrate being 10,000 days old.

By an interesting coincidence, it's also the 68th anniversary of Pearl Harbor, and I'll be in Japan for it. No, they don't celebrate it as a holiday or anything.

If you're around 27 and a half years old, your 10k day could be right around the corner. You can find out when yours is on this site: 10k-Day. Though if you're really hardcore, you'll calculate it by hand, like I did.