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We could make it even more informative by adding location and season.
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this post was submitted on 01 Jan 2025
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M-d-y is whats sounds the most natural when spoken in a casual setting. I feel like thats the only reason it got carried over to text. I definitely use m-d-y when talking, and as an american I also use it out of habit when writing, but I will agree that y-m-d is definitely best for text.
That's very language dependant. I'm basque and we say things naturally. We do skip the year if it's not relevant, but when we do say it, it comes first always.
Urtarrilak 2.
2025eko urtarrilak 2.
In Spanish however it's dd-mm-yyyy and sounds perfectly natural.
2 de Enero.
2 de enero de 2025
You saying that your way sounds most natural when spoken is very pretentious because you assume that whats familiar to you is what's most natural overall, but that's just a generalisation of your own customs.
It's not pretentious if someone doesn't know better.
I'm sure it wasn't the intention, but it did come acoss that way