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i just looked up, the "American" confusion: we got our date order from the English long ago. Then the English changed their date order. That must have been most
by fsckboy 5y ago
i just looked up, the "American" confusion: we got our date order from the English long ago. Then the English changed their date order. That must have been most confusing
And month/day is not as confusing as day/month (widely used in Europe) since it doesn't correspond to how we say dates.
moving the year first then using the American MM/DD is the least confusing way to do it
- dr4g0n 5y agoIt doesn't correspond to how _you_ say dates; I would write 11/03 for the date, and say "the eleventh of March", so it's internally consistent. Not trying to argue one way or the other, just adding some extra context.
- kichimi 5y agoJuly 2nd July 3rd 4th of July July 5th ... Also my experience is that only Americans say the month first. Today is the 11th of March.
- quantum_magpie 5y agoDefinitely not. Tons of non-english languages say month first.
- kichimi 5y agoWe're talking about English