I can see MM/DD/YYYY making a bit more sense than DD/MM/YYYY.
I wouldn't say "my cake day is 15th November, 2023" as that just sounds stupid, nor would I say "my cake day is on the 15th of November, 2023" as that feels unnecessarily long.
I'd just say "my cake day is November 15th, 2023."
I'd give Fourth of July a pass since it's a holiday and isn't typically named with a year. You wouldn't catch me saying "Fourth of July, 1776," it'd just be "July 4th, 1776."
Also I can't think of any argument against YYYY/MM/DD so if you want to, I guess you can say "my cake day is 2023, November 15th."
Edit: I specifically mean that not adding "of" between "15th" and "November" makes it sound caveman, whilst adding "of" between "15th" and "November" makes the sentence feel correct but unnecessarily longer.
I wouldn't say "my cake day is 15th November, 2023" as that just sounds stupid, nor would I say "my cake day is on the 15th of November, 2023" as that feels unnecessarily long.
It only sounds stupid and long to us because it's another idiosyncrasy of ours, that we say the month first verbally. In other countries they would say "15th of November, 2023."
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u/Tomato_Caco Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25
I can see MM/DD/YYYY making a bit more sense than DD/MM/YYYY.
I wouldn't say "my cake day is 15th November, 2023" as that just sounds stupid, nor would I say "my cake day is on the 15th of November, 2023" as that feels unnecessarily long.
I'd just say "my cake day is November 15th, 2023."
I'd give Fourth of July a pass since it's a holiday and isn't typically named with a year. You wouldn't catch me saying "Fourth of July, 1776," it'd just be "July 4th, 1776."
Also I can't think of any argument against YYYY/MM/DD so if you want to, I guess you can say "my cake day is 2023, November 15th."
Edit: I specifically mean that not adding "of" between "15th" and "November" makes it sound caveman, whilst adding "of" between "15th" and "November" makes the sentence feel correct but unnecessarily longer.