Players Birthday

If a player is born on the 29th February does the game take their birthday as the 28th or 1st of March or does it only make them older every 4 years

I have no idea, you'd have thought that it would just make them a year older on the 1st of march or something.

who knows- dont think its that important in the game!

makes me wonder what people born on febuary 29th do IRL!

in the game are all players birthday's the same as in real life, and then what about there contracts are they the same as in real life.... anyone know

who knows- dont think its that important in the game!

makes me wonder what people born on febuary 29th do IRL!

choose either to celebrate on the 28th or the 1st

Mike Pollitt's birthday is the 29th of Feb, I know from my Wigan game...

It takes their birthday as the 29th, but makes them older normally. I guess when it goes past the 29th it knows he has passed his birthday and makes him a year older.

in the game are all players birthday's the same as in real life, and then what about there contracts are they the same as in real life.... anyone know

players birthdays should be correct- would that not be the job of the researcher!

players birthdays should be correct- would that not be the job of the researcher!

who knows thats why i ask

touche!

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no no please don't take that out of context in no way am i being funny

nore am i- just saying good point!

I was curious as I thought that by changing all my players birthdays to 29th of april the game may allow me to keep players for decades without their attributes falling because they would be getting older as the game may recognise them by their age and not by how long theyve been playing

I am assuming that it will make them a year older after the game goes past the 29th February.

who knows thats why i ask

FM is famed for the accuracy of its database So yes all birthdays should be correct, and contracts are where the information is available.

Mike Pollitt's birthday is the 29th of Feb, I know from my Wigan game...

It takes their birthday as the 29th, but makes them older normally. I guess when it goes past the 29th it knows he has passed his birthday and makes him a year older.

Are you saying that for the three out of every four years where there is no February 29th, it makes him a year older on March 1st?

I would assume the players age isn't actually stored in the database, just his date of birth, and his age would be calculated from that by taking the difference between his date of birth and the current date. based on this, i would say that a player who's birthday is on the 29th of february would get older on the 1st of march in a none leap year.

I was curious as I thought that by changing all my players birthdays to 29th of april the game may allow me to keep players for decades without their attributes falling because they would be getting older as the game may recognise them by their age and not by how long theyve been playing

Are you saying that for the three out of every four years where there is no February 29th, it makes him a year older on March 1st?

No offence to both of you, but to me both these border on stupidity. Tongue in check ofcourse!

Good question, but logic says SI would take care of something like that.

I would say more hopeful than stupid

I would say more hopeful than stupid

Bit of a joke mate, sorry if you took it the wrong way. I said good question after it anyways to show that. Take it back if you had any offence to it.

no offence taken

No offence to both of you, but to me both these border on stupidity. Tongue in check ofcourse!

Good question, but logic says SI would take care of something like that.

Umm.. if you don't want to cause offence, don't refer to people as 'bordering on stupidity'. I would of course expect SI to take care of something like this. I was merely trying to understand the post which I quoted, as it wasn't very clear.

Good good

Would actually be quite funny if this had been forgotten by SI however and have a player from generations back still plying his trade well into the future

What kpw said.

But has anyone actually tried it out in the game?

players birthdays should be correct- would that not be the job of the researcher!

Wasnt Breno's age wrong or something ?

Umm.. if you don't want to cause offence, don't refer to people as 'bordering on stupidity'. I would of course expect SI to take care of something like this. I was merely trying to understand the post which I quoted, as it wasn't very clear.

Mate it was a dry comment, not needed looking back on it and stupid but it was ment to not be taken too seriously. If you had said it to me, or something worse i wouldn't blink twice; if you let things like that get to you the world will cave in before too long. But i suppose every one reacts differently. Apologises, like i've already stated. I would have already deleted it however it would have made some posts look utterly random.

Mate it was a dry comment, not needed looking back on it and stupid but it was ment to not be taken too seriously. If you had said it to me, or something worse i wouldn't blink twice; if you let things like that get to you the world will cave in before too long. But i suppose every one reacts differently. Apologises, like i've already stated. I would have already deleted it however it would have made some posts look utterly random.

Firstly, I don't need a lecture on what will or won't cause the world to cave in for me. I wasn't at all worked up by what you said. After my reply, I returned to my work and forgot all about it. However, calling someone's question stupid when it was perfectly reasonable, is always going to cause offence regardless of whether it comes with that daft rider 'no offence'. I'm pleased that you wouldn't blink twice. But I felt that the use of the word 'stupid' warranted a response. I do, however, accept your apology, and now I am moving on.

Firstly, I don't need a lecture on what will or won't cause the world to cave in for me. I wasn't at all worked up by what you said. After my reply, I returned to my work and forgot all about it. However, calling someone's question stupid when it was a perfectly reasonable, is always going to cause offence regardless of whether it comes with that daft rider 'no offence'. I'm pleased that you wouldn't blink twice. But I felt that the use of the word 'stupid' warranted a response. I do, however, accept your apology, and now I am moving on.

Fair point.