Yes, I'm not trying to justify it. And it's not just that we say "the fifth day of May," because it's also true that we can say "the third month." My point is t

Yes, I'm not trying to justify it. And it's not just that we say "the fifth day of May," because it's also true that we can say "the third month." My point is that the fifth day of May is actually named "5" and there's no other name for dates (other than specially=named days, of course).