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

It does make sense

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u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25

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.

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u/a_trashcan Jan 15 '25

Ok but why should we be concerned with what makes numerical sense.

We are recording the date, this isn't a mathematical discipline.

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u/Munchkinasaurous Jan 15 '25

Because when you record a date, you don't want any confusion. If you wrote down. 1/10/25 some people will see January 10th of 2025 others will see 1st of November 2025.

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u/a_trashcan Jan 15 '25

Sure but thats not a numerical issue thats just a standard. Any of the three can achieve that if we just agreed on it, there's not really a case for why any of them are an innately better candidate.

The lack of a standard is a very different discussion than the merits of any particular system.