I think it makes sense only in the fact that we write it how we say it out loud - "February 26th, 2021." It is just another convention, albeit inconvenient for

I think it makes sense only in the fact that we write it how we say it out loud - "February 26th, 2021." It is just another convention, albeit inconvenient for computers. I doubt the british way of saying "26th of February" was done intentionally to aid sorting...