Rudolf Steiner's Birth Date

Rudolfus Josephus Laurentius could not have been born on the Wednesday the 27th and be baptised in the church at Draskovec on the same day, as it was 11:07 pm at night.
[Copy of Baptismal Record, stating the 27th as the date of the Baptism]
The 25th makes more sense, as witnessed in his own handwriting, and the testimony of Eugenie von Bredow (who says "hitherto we celebrated on the 27th"- she knew of both dates). By 1921 he was celebrating his birthday on the 25th.

He was born late Monday night on the 25th. Mother and baby were exhausted, they had the Tuesday to recover and arrange a baptism on the Wednesday. That makes for a sensible timeline- even though the baptism still seems rushed.

How can we be sure if even Dr. Steiner wasn't sure. Here he was at the advanced age of sixty, considering that his birth date was wrong. He wouldn't have done that lightly.

Sergei Prokovieff goes into the reasons why he (Steiner) may have wanted to hide the date. He does cite the avoidance of occult attack: See pages 29 and 30 https://books.google.com.au/books?id=SfZymMqqDJ0C&pg

http://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Steiner,_Rudolf

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=955186131206993&set=p.955186131206993&type=3&theater

“At the beginning we note the following unusual circumstances: Rudolf Steiner was born shortly before midnight on February 25, 1861, in the tiny village of Kraljevec. (see Note 1) Owing to negligence of the midwife the child was bleeding almost to death. It was questionable how long it would survive. If this birth had been normal the child would have been baptized a few days later in the church of Kraljevec, but now an emergency baptism was called for. However, the schedule of the church of Kraljevec could not accommodate this emergency. So the child was carried two miles through wintry February cold and snow to the church of Draskovec, a neighboring village. There it was baptized on February 27, and named:

Rudolfus Josephus Laurentius Steiner

or, as we would say:
Rudolf Joseph Laurence Steiner.

It is significant that the church of Draskovec was dedicated to St. Michael. It was a St. Michael Church! [the church is in fact dedicated to St. Roch, not Michael]. Apparently destiny had arranged circumstances so that St. Michael would stand guard, as it were, like a god-parent, at this human being's entry into the physical life on earth.”

-From: Dr. Ernst Katz, ‘The Mission of Rudolf Steiner’
Guenther Aschoff:

This is Rudolf Steiner’s newly made, baptism certificate from 1879: the first photograph from Max Benzinger (from the 1^st of February, 1914 (above) and the second photo from Max Benzinger (?) from 1918/1920 (underneath), kept in the Rudolf Steiner Archives – (almost completely deciphered): a copy of the newly prepared baptism certificate from 1879, by Guenther Aschoff.

"Newly made" where is the photo of the original which shows the name "Adolf" instead of "Rudolf"?
Guenther Aschoff:

Rudolf Steiner’s certificate of baptism had to be obtained from the parish of Draskovec, which was appropriate for Kraljevec. One can understand how irritating it may have been for his parents having received the document in Neudoerfl, only to discover the incorrect first name written, as well as the incorrect birthplace. There it was written ‘Kraljevec 24’ instead of ‘the railroad station’ as well as the office and the name of ‘Gabriel Mestritz’. The parents then went to the priest Johann Widder in Neudoerfll and pleaded with him to prepare a new copy of the baptism certificate; and that Record of Baptism was received and has remained.

At the birth, those present were the mother and father, also the stationmaster, Laurentius Diem and his wife Frau Josefa Jakl, the godmother, as well as a midwife. The midwife applied bandaging to the navel after the birth. For some reason, perhaps a poorly bound bandage, there was a great loss of blood; so the parents decided to call for an emergency baptism. To carry this out, a baptised Catholic must speak, ‘I baptise you in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.’ It was already midnight or shortly thereafter, and those present didn’t want the newly born infant to die without being baptised.

  On the next day, or the day thereafter, the baptism was repeated at a church in Draskovec.  The priest on duty, Gabriel Mestritz, registered the birth and baptism as taking place on the 27^th of February, 1861, under the name ‘Adolphus Laurentius Josephus Steiner’. As the place of residence he gave ‘Kraljevec 24’. At the end he wrote ‘Gabriel Mestritz’ for the name of the authorised priest attending to the baptism.

Where on the "newly created" baptism does it say "birth". It just states the baptism day of 27th.

Being born a Catholic, it is not hard to imagine that the young Rudolfus celebrated his baptismal day, as it was a Catholic tradition to do so:

"Melkite Catholics encourage families to celebrate the baptismal day rather than the actual birthday." http://www.resourcemelb.catholic.edu.au/object.cfm?o=205&pid=1476&showrm=true&uptam=false

Birthdays were not generally celebrated in the early 17th century. Some people marked the anniversary of their baptism, as the day of their birth as a Christian. It was a day of retrospection, of prayer and meditation, rather than a public celebration. https://www.plimoth.org/sites/default/files/media/pdf/edmaterials_celebrations.pdf

Baptism anniversaries are joyous occasions that can be celebrated by the entire family. If parents, grandparents, and baptismal sponsors pay attention to these “birthdays”, children will come to regard these anniversaries as significant. We help our children value the remembrance of their “birth” into the family of God. http://www.neiasynod.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Baptismalb-daybrochure.pdf

More important than our real birthday, the anniversary of the moment when our mother gave us our physical life, is the anniversary of the moment when we received the life of our soul as children of God. https://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=407