Dudders' Birthday--May or June

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No: HPFGUIDX 100045

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "(Mrs.) Lee Storm (God Is The 
Healing Force)" <n2fgc at a...> wrote:
> Potioncat wrote:
> | Yep, Dudders came to my mind.  Didn't we work out he's a couple 
of
> | months older than Harry?
> 
> I would figure that Dudley's B-D is in June since Harry's home for 
the
>

Dudley's birthday is June 23. No, Rowling never said it 
specifically, but there are enough clues in the book to nail it down 
almost for certain.

Here's how we can tell:

Dudley's birthday is one month plus one week before Harry's. We know 
this because when Harry is given Dudley's second bedroom on July 24, 
he sees in it Dudley's "month-old" video camera. Dudley got that 
camera for his birthday, so now we know that Dudley's birthday is 
about a month before July 24. How do we know that it's July 24? 
Count the days backwards from Harry's birthday, which we know was 
Tuesday, July 31. Each day is described in the books as more and 
more letters arrive. So Dudley's birthday is approximately one month 
before July 24. 

In the year of the first book, Dudley's birthday was on a Saturday. 
Now if July 24 is a Tuesday, then the closest Saturday that 
qualifies is going to be June 23. 

We can't be absolutely certain only because we don't know if "month-
old" is actually four weeks. If it was five weeks, Dudley's birthday 
could be June 16. If it's only three weeks, his birthday would be 
June 30. 

But the most logical conclusion is that Dudley's birthday is June 23.

Steve
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