It's an American thing. Like many things where the US chooses to do things differently from most of the rest of the planet (month-day-year format, not using the

It's an American thing. Like many things where the US chooses to do things differently from most of the rest of the planet (month-day-year format, not using the metric system), I doubt it provides any kind of utility. At least not one that is still relevant in the 21st century.