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Posted by: ArcGuard
Posted by: TheGreenAlloy
Posted by: Egerspurge
When I ask somebody what date today is they'll say "december 12th" not the "the 12 of december."
Therefor Month/Day/Year is infinitely better.
don't lie, they just say the 12th
If they're talking about in the current month. If they're talking about next month, they'd more than likely say "December 12th" (And no, not "December the 12th" because the "the" is very formal)
Also, an explanation for why it is mm/dd/yyyy.
Order these random numbers -
12
30
9999
Now, you would probably naturally order those as "12, 30, 9999" (or 9999, 30, 12) would you not?
In what world would their natural order be "30, 12, 9999"? Nowhere - except for when using dates outside of the US.
It's about their ceiling, and visual ordering. You an make a argument for the meaning being more important, sure. But visually speaking, more often than not - dd/mm/yyyy has the numbers unordered from small to large (30 days in January they're unordered. 26/17 days in February, 38 days in March, etc.)
So, don't tell me there's no reason for the US way (in terms of date - standard measurements are a different matter entirely).
just comes down to how we speak man, us europeans say 17th of may, you guys say july 4th