Sync Contacts Birthday :: month becomes day, vice-versa

Hi,
I'm using iPhone4 with iOS 4.3.3. I'm currently syncing my contacts with Google Contacts.
Time zone is GMT +8:00 Singapore.
What happens when I sync my contacts, the birthdays in Google will change the month to day & vice-versa.
iPhone contact = 1 July 1980
Google contact = 7 Jan 1980
Anyway to solve this?
Thanks.

It is possible to sync to multiple machines for different content. However, the content must be on different tabs.
example: You can sync calendars/contacts at work and music videos at home since they are on the Info and Music/Video tabs respectivly. You can not sync contacts at work and calendars at home since they are on the same tab (Info).
Here is the step by step to set up multiple machine syncing:
1. Select "Disable automatic syncing for all iPhones" under Edit / Preferences / iPhone in the iTunes menu.
2. Uncheck "Automatically sync when this iPhone is connected" in the Summary tab of iTunes.
3. Check "Only sync checked items" in the same tab.
4. On the computer you want to sync contacts and calendar, check the corresponding boxes in the Info tab. UNCHECK everything else in the MUSIC, PHOTOS, PODCASTS and VIDEO tabs.
5. Sync your iPhone with this computer FIRST.
6. On your other computer, follow the same steps above (1, 2 and 3). Then, UNCHECK everything in the INFO tab, and check everything else on the other tabs.
7. When you sync with this second computer, you may get a message that the iPhone has already been synced with another computer, and that the media library will be deleted. Fine. There should be NO media library on the iPhone since you unchecked all the media items on the first computer, right?
8. Sync. Then you can sync on both computers and each will sync what is checked and not overwrite the rest.

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