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wanted to greet someone on the last minute of his birthday...  i set an alarm five minutes before midnight in his timezone...  i'd just wait out the three-minute interval before 11:59 to be sure...

well, 'to be sure,' my foot!  just as the alarm sounded, i heard a courier calling out my name!  waaahhh!!!

i received the delivery and missed 11:59...

some timings are not perfect...  ; }