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Yep, I knew it as the Japanese format

• benjadolele 2y ago
  Not just Japanese, but I believe most East Asian countries as well. Interestingly, not only with dates, but they order things from the “biggest” to the “smallest” Like Year-month-day for dates. Family name - personal names for names. And for address, they start with country, city, street name, then house number. Opposite of what is more common in western countries. I actually find it more useful as very often I remember which street my friends live in but not the house number, and I can type it in and expect google maps to give me the result based on my search history. Not so useful with house numbers if you can’t remember them.
  • reaperducer 2y ago
    And for address, they start with country, city, street name, then house number. A generalization that does not apply in places like Tokyo, where many houses are numbered by their age, and street names are not used at all.
  • perching_aix 2y ago
    Also applies to Hungarian and Lithuanian, which are in Europe. Still, I agree, weird to characterize it as European.