MM/DD/YY is the best date format, amirite?

I've never said the month first when saying the date. Never heard anyone not American say month first either

by nelda76 2 days ago

So instead of saying "It's August 29th," you say, "It's the 29th of August"? Yea we streamlined our speech when we broke free from the royal chains

by Educational_Show2014 2 days ago

You sure saved a whole 3 syllables.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

29th August. Yes, like everyone else outside of America

by nelda76 2 days ago

OP is a ragebait account. Please report and move on.

by Appropriate_Safe 2 days ago

God forbids I point out baiting account lol?

by Appropriate_Safe 2 days ago

YYYYMMDD truly superior. My files are always in order

by Beautiful_Minute 2 days ago

I'm with this guy.

by pollichmittie 2 days ago

As an American, I concur. But, the people who say the 31st of October will use the same argument for their stance.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

the most common and natural way of responding is by saying the month first, followed by the day and optionally the year In English? Maybe. Although the Americans (who are one of the few, if not the only ones, who use MM/DD/YYYY) don't say "July the 4th" but "4th of July". In other languages? Not necessarily.

by Groverhammes 2 days ago

I'm an American, and when people say the date, they usually say month+day. Like August 28th. No "the's" or "of's". But maybe it depends on the region of the country.

by Anonymous 2 days ago

Maybe it's how American English works then, or how English in general works then. I still disagree with OP though on that specific point because English is not the only language in the world (and the majority of this planet does not speak English, it's roughly 1.5 billion speakers VS 8 billion people total on the planet) so the MM/DD/YYYY sounding more natural in English doesn't make it a superior format overall. Maybe just in English speaking countries or the USA. In Greek for example, which has cases for nouns and adjectives, you'd say "28 Αυγούστου" which means "28 of August", so it's safe to assume there must be other languages too where DD/MM makes much more sense in terms of pronunciation than MM/DD.

by Groverhammes 2 days ago

I've never said 'month, day'. It makes no sense to me. For me, it's like saying a recipe needs 1/2 a cup and 1 cup of flour, instead of 1 1/2 cups.

by robelroslyn 2 days ago

Wrong. YYYY/MM/DD is the best. You can sort and it's always in order.

by maggioelwyn 2 days ago

Nah, DD/m. It's more correct, and most recipes usually write it out like "1 Dec"

by Anonymous 2 days ago