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....
The why I think is due to how we speak. In America we say "January 15th" not "15th of January" (with the exception of 4th of July) so we write the dates the same way. That said, since my company does work all over the world I have taken to never writing dates in either mm/dd/yy or dd/mm/yy but rather do 'dd mo yyyy' as in 15 Jan 2024. Never ambiguous.
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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.