The month tells you more about conditions like weather but that's kinda it.
this post was submitted on 31 May 2025
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American here. No idea. Either DD/MM/YYYY or YYYY/MM/DD are more logical, but here we are. When naming/renaming files and including a date in the name, I'll usually do YYYYMMDD format somewhere. If I'm emailing/texting others, I use MM/DD/YYYY.
Fun little story, the department I work in recently began to work with some people over in the UK, and even though I brought up the date format differences, we've already had someone of gett the month and day flipped and it caused some confusion on our end.
I don't know, that's just how I learned it in school so it feels natural for me to use/say.
This post kinda stinks of "why doesn't the US just switch to metric? Are they stupid?"
Sorry if it gives that impression, it is not at all my intention, it is pure and honest curiosity. That's why I avoided any bad word and put it in a subjective point of view ("I think / I believe")
Not switching to metric is stupid. Fighting for independence from the empire, but then clinging to the imperial system that has only disadvantages over the metric system - that just screams not driven by reason
I write the date a bit different depending on which format its going on.
For example, computers like to sort things alphabetically. If I'm writing electronic diary entries, I'll name the document as "2025-06-01."
If I'm hand signing a legal document, I prefer to sign it as "01JUN2025" or "01JUN25" if space is an issue.
If the format is preselected and deviation isn't allowed, I'll just write it like everyone else does.
Personally, I like dating things in ascending or descending order. Day month year, or year month day.
Personally, I like dating things in ascending or descending order
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I'm a fan of the 01JUN2025 format. It's unambiguous and uses about the same space as other traditional formats.
It's how I was taught in the Navy to write dates. I stood a lot of watches and made a lot of log entries.
To make sure its not December right away. Fuck that entire month. Everyone hates December so much they throw the years biggest party at the end of it.
Ignoring the coding side of things...
It's relative. And also works easier to navigate the calendar. If we're planning something for next year I pull up next year's calendar. If it's this years and we're planning something for later this year, when I hear you say August, that's the month I go to. But if you say the 27th of August, The first thing I heard was the 27th which could possibly be this month or next month if it's say the 28th today.
You already answered your own question, bud.
it doesn't make sense TO ME. Based on what I was taught
Why do you think other people are different than you?
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Why, when you want to know the time, do you read the hours first then the minutes? Why not just read the minutes and then figure out the hour you're in?
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