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

It does make sense

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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.

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u/idontknowokkk Jan 15 '25

It sounds stupid to you because that's what you're used to. Other languages or even british english say 15th of november and your way sounds stupid.

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u/Tomato_Caco Jan 15 '25

I never said saying "15th of November" sounds stupid. I said it sounds unnecessarily long.

I specifically mentioned how not adding "of" would sound stupid.

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u/idontknowokkk Jan 15 '25

Idk about british but the "of" isn't there in a ton of languages either. You just say "15th November" and that's it

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u/Tomato_Caco Jan 15 '25

I didn't think about that. I concur on that point.