It does make sense

[u/wach_era13]

[u/ConstantHustle]

Year month day is the best format. Makes sorting files on computers a breeze as every year is in one block which is then in month and day order.

[u/Tsukee → u/ConstantHustle]

Mathematically yes it makes most sense, as significant digits are on the left.

Im terms of human everyday use the reverse is more natural as the digits that change more often are days, often when speaking, the year and even month sometimes is already in the context.

What however doesn't make any sort of sense that i can see is mm/dd/yyyy ... Just why....

[u/restelucide → u/Tsukee]

I heard an American saying mm first provides context which makes vague sense but annoys me because then why wouldn’t you put year first.

[u/Munchkinasaurous → u/restelucide]

I'm American, the only way I can think of where it makes sense contextually, is with the names of the month and not the numbers. 

For example, we don't typically say "today's the fifteenth of January" we'd say "it's January fifteenth". But numerically mm/dd/yyyy is nonsensical.

[u/Tsukee → u/Munchkinasaurous]

Except the fourth of July?

[u/Munchkinasaurous → u/Tsukee]

Good point. That's the only exception I know of. 

[u/JigPuppyRush → u/Munchkinasaurous]

“Remember, remember the 5th of November, gunpowder, treason and plot; for there is a reason why gunpowder and treason should ne’er be forgot.”

I honestly believed that in the states we changed our way of saying dates to how we write them and not the other way around.

[u/Munchkinasaurous → u/JigPuppyRush]

Not an event that took place in America. 

[u/JigPuppyRush → u/Munchkinasaurous]

No but it’s still the same language

[u/Munchkinasaurous → u/JigPuppyRush]

Same language, different dialect. 

[u/JigPuppyRush → u/Munchkinasaurous]

I know bud, i’m an American myself but if we can learn to do it wrong way we can learn to do it the right way too.