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Has anyone figured out how MM/DD/YYYY got to be standard in America? It makes no sense but I can't find any solid answer on this.
by PolygonSheep 5y ago
Has anyone figured out how MM/DD/YYYY got to be standard in America? It makes no sense but I can't find any solid answer on this.
- tony-allan 5y agoCan't find a reason... https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/dec/16/why-do-americans-write-the-month-before-the-day https://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2013/dec/16/why-do... https://iso.mit.edu/americanisms/date-format-in-the-united-states/ https://iso.mit.edu/americanisms/date-format-in-the-united-s...
- netsharc 5y agoMy guess is it's because humans say "January 3rd" i.e. 1/3.
- spoiler 5y agoThat's not the case in British English, where "the third of January" is preferred.