They don't do math anymore?

Thank you. I'm less than 3 minutes into this film and wanted to see if someone had also noticed that ridiculous error. Not a promising start.

Women always lie about their age.

In much of the world it is customary to regard birth as "Year One." The reason most commonly accepted for this practice is that we (humans) are in the womb for almost a year. By this standard, upon the first anniversary of a person's birth, they are regarded as being two years-old.

Granted, "In Time" takes place in the U.S., but the "timekeeping" process is presumably global and so such acknowledgement of a cultural standard could be expected.

Its a stretch.

Considering the bigger logical and logistical problems in the narrative of "In Time," Rachel's age is the definition of trivia.

Props to you for starting a lively and lengthy thread.

Here's a thought:

Within the socio-cultural context of "In Time," is it possible people counted their age as (the pre-set) 25 years plus however many years they have lived since then?

Ah! I think I've got it!

In the context of the movie's narrative, their clock doesn't start until a person "turns" 25 years-old. At age 25, a person's biological (aging) processes stop on their 25th birthday (so many logical/logistical issues with that) but their clock starts, giving them one year in which they do not age biologically. So.....the first year after a person turns 25 is regarded as "free," a year that doesn't count. (This brings up one of my major concerns with the logic/logistics of the movie). When Rachel says she's 50 years-old, she's only counting the years "off the clock." That is, she's been alive for 25 years since her clock started and SHOULD HAVE "TIMED OUT" (that is, she's 25 years older than her clock should have allowed. Again, within the context of the socio-culture of "In Time," such an age-calculating formula could be both logically and culturally accepted.

As for why I'm trying to resolve such a minor issue in a movie in which I find much more significant narrative problems?

Uhm, I kind of like the movie. I actually am so intrigued by the ideas, philosophies and questions at the core of "In Time" that I want to discourage or resolve debate over minutiae and have a discussion about the beliefs and concerns that are expressed in "In Time."

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ha ha yeah... reminds me of Common Core Math.