Whats an attainment day?
It’s the day before your birthday. When I was growing up my family always recognized attainment days. We were the only family I knew of who even heard of them, but that’s because my father worked for Social Security and it mattered to him. According to the federal government you attain your new age the day before your actual birthday, so you may as well start celebrating a then. A word of warning, although Social Security will give and deny benefits a month early to those born on the first of a month, it apparently does not apply to drinking ages. I tried to get served on the day before my 21st birthday (within hours of midnight) but was denied. You can see how the Social Security administration figures it by going to the following website: http://www.ssa.gov/OP_Home/rulings/oasi/09/SSR63-15-oasi-09.html My father explains it thus: On your first birthday you are one year and one day old. So you attain your first year of life on the last day of your first year. The first year of life st
