That's because of my timezone, so I can see birthday alerts before the other side of the world does. Of course, my timezone's also responsible for me missing out on chat events as they're usually held during my sleeping hours.
Most forums I'm on, I'M the easternmost member. I loved that one time when I hit 2005 and everyone else was still in 2004.
Thou hast taken this away from me, Swift!
Ehh...
'appy B-day!
Have some cake emoticon.