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Waxman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-06T14:20:01.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:43:45.691Z og:title: World Record for Longest Birthday og:description: Man sets Guinness World Record for longest birthday by traveling across time zones og:url: https://time.com/3987206/longest-birthday-world-record-time-zones/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb969507917134d6d/69885e228e06010551461ba7/longest-birthday-header_tcm25-390248.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: longest-birthday-header_tcm25-390248 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: World Record for Longest Birthday twitter:description: Man sets Guinness World Record for longest birthday by traveling across time zones twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb969507917134d6d/69885e228e06010551461ba7/longest-birthday-header_tcm25-390248.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Genius Figured Out How to Have the Longest Birthday Ever ## Video: Best Weather Apps [Watch (HLS stream): Best Weather Apps](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/ypJD6Kin.m3u8) (1:06)  _Published 2014-09-15. Top apps for tracking tornadoes, hurricanes, allergies and more_  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 6, 2015 2:20 PM UTC  Guinness World Records  by [Olivia B. Waxman](https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Staff Writer Aug 6, 2015 2:20 PM UTC German man Sven Hagemeier set a world record on August 4, 2014, for the longest birthday — 46 hours — by flying from Auckland, New Zealand, to Brisbane, Australia, and then Honolulu, Hawaii, where his wife was waiting to greet him, according to Guinness World Records. This year, he will just celebrate his 27th birthday at home with friends and family. Nargis Bhimji of Karachi held the record previously. In June 1998, her birthday lasted 35 hours, 25 minutes, because she flew from Karachi to Singapore to San Francisco. ### PHOTOS: Beautiful Long Exposures of Airplanes at Night  College Point Blvd., College Point, Queens, N.Y., June 2014. 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