If not, those two months are now tantamount to two additional years in the workforce.
It's not the first time my birthdate has robbed me. In 1987 New Zealand became the first country in the world to introduce a graduated driver licensing system.
This applied to all new drivers aged 15-24 years and was introduced on 1 August 1987 - the very day before my 15th birthday. Thus, if I was born two days earlier, I could (and would) have applied for a full licence on my birthday, meaning I'd have skipped the ensuing years of the learner-restricted-full licence rigmarole.
Doesn't seem fair. First us 1972 Leos were stripped of driving freedoms, only this week to be told we'd be working two years longer.
I jest of course. The progressive licensing system isn't a bad model, and frankly should have been introduced before 1972.
Perhaps the same can be said of the new super age. Prime Minister Bill English claims the policy will save the country about $4 billion a year once it was fully in place in 2040.
While it seems unfair to us whose birthdates sit on the legislation's frontier, (and I'm certainly glad I don't earn a crust swinging an axe) the serious spectre of this country's ageing needed redressing in some form.
Statistics New Zealand claim by 2051 there will be more than 1.14 million people aged 65 years and over in New Zealand. This represents an increase of 715,000 or 166 percent over the base population.
So, while I've moaned this week about my freakish bad luck, in the years to come we'll see it as a prudent, if not prescient step - maybe even one that came 10 years too late.