Hi,my dear friends,Is the 'Your date of birth' very different from the' your birthday' ?
Today,I heard a dialogue below:
---Psychiatrist:I see.Now,your date of birth,please.
---Mrs.Parkinson:Wednesday the twelfth of June.
---Psychiatrist:No, not your birthday,Mrs.Parkinson.Your date of birth.
---Mrs.Parkinson:Twelfth of June 1949.But not a word to my husband,mind,he thinks it was 1956.

I had never noticed that they are different means.In English, if someone ask me 'what's your birthday?' means I should answer like this- ' Wednesday the twelfth of June.'?

Question

Hi,my dear friends,Is the 'Your date of birth' very different from the' your birthday' ?
Today,I heard a dialogue below:
---Psychiatrist:I see.Now,your date of birth,please.
---Mrs.Parkinson:Wednesday the twelfth of June.
---Psychiatrist:No, not your birthday,Mrs.Parkinson.Your date of birth.
---Mrs.Parkinson:Twelfth of June 1949.But not a word to my husband,mind,he thinks it was 1956.

I had never noticed that they are different means.In English, if someone ask me 'what's your birthday?' means I should answer like this- ' Wednesday the twelfth of June.'?

Answer

if they ask you when is your birthday, you can just tell them the day and month. like july 28th. if they ask you the day of birth, you should add the year after.

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