> We say January 4th, 1970. Try reading D-M-Y in English and you will quickly realize that it doesn't make sense. Beware your unconscious ethnocentricity! Pres

> We say January 4th, 1970. Try reading D-M-Y in English and you will quickly realize that it doesn't make sense. Beware your unconscious ethnocentricity! Presumably you are American. I am English. English is the language I use. The D-M-Y format simply follows the order of the words in English. "We" say 4th of January, 1970. Try reading D-M-Y in English and you will quickly realise that it does make perfect sense... D-M-Y feels more natural to us.