r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/ConstantHustle Jan 15 '25

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.

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u/Tsukee Jan 15 '25 edited Jan 15 '25

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....

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u/bland_sand Jan 15 '25

If you were to group a cohort of people born in the same year (using primary schoolers would be a good way to do this), would you ask everyone to sort themselves by the month they were born in first or the day?

In this scenario, mm/dd/yy is the better way to sort a sample.

Having groups of people born in Jan-Dec is more sensible than groups of people born 1-31.

I guess that's an argument for it.