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Totally arbitrary. In French 2ème Janvier 1900 would be the most common.
by crehn 6y ago
Totally arbitrary. In French 2ème Janvier 1900 would be the most common.
- tdeck 6y agoI mean, it's no more arbitrary than any other order. In the context of "why does American English use this ordering", it has the desirable characteristic that it matches how we express dates in our everyday language. A trade-off exists between that characteristic and the desire to have the date go from smallest to largest or vice versa, but both approaches have practical benefits.