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I wouldn’t call ddmmyy “European”. Many countries use yymmdd (nordics, for example) which is the iso order. And the order in which alphabetical or numerical sor

I wouldn’t call ddmmyy “European”. Many countries use yymmdd (nordics, for example) which is the iso order. And the order in which alphabetical or numerical sorting works out of the box. Other than inertia/tradition there is really no excuse for shuffling around a date in any other way.

hanche 6y ago
In Norway, the current standard is dd.mm.yy. Before computers, it was d/m-yy (no leading zeroes). I come across yyyy-mm-dd once in a while, but it is sort of rare.