Finding Your Birth Time

State by state, and the daylight saving traps.

Comparison of the two forms of a Louisiana birth certificate, showing that only the certified copy of the original record carries the hour of birth

How to Find Your Birth Time in Louisiana

The hour is on the certified copy of the original Louisiana birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what Louisiana clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.

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Comparison of the two forms of a Kentucky birth certificate, showing that only the certified copy of the original record carries the hour of birth

Finding Your Birth Time

How to Find Your Birth Time in Kentucky

The hour is on the certified copy of the original Kentucky birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what Kentucky clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.

7 min read

Comparison of the two forms of a Missouri birth certificate, showing that only the certified copy of the original record carries the hour of birth

Finding Your Birth Time

How to Find Your Birth Time in Missouri

The hour is on the certified copy of the original Missouri birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what Missouri clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.

6 min read

Comparison of the two forms of a Delaware birth certificate, showing that only the certified copy of the original record carries the hour of birth

Finding Your Birth Time

How to Find Your Birth Time in Delaware

The hour is on the certified copy of the original Delaware birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what Delaware clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.

6 min read

Comparison of the two forms of a Washington, D.C. birth certificate, showing that only the certified copy of the original record carries the hour of birth

Finding Your Birth Time

How to Find Your Birth Time in Washington, D.C.

The hour is on the certified copy of the original Washington, D.C. birth record, not the short abstract. Here is how to ask for the right one, what Washington, D.C. clocks were doing, and what to do if the hour was never recorded.

6 min read

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