40,000 French people will blow out their candles this Thursday evening. They were born on February 29, a birthday they look forward to because it only comes every four years.

Being born on the last day of February poses certain problems that we don't always think about. A date of birth that does not appear on certain software. And three years out of four, she also has to give up on certain special offers: "the emails you receive on your birthday with free products from certain brands and I don't receive them"