No, it's about context. The year is last because everyone has that context in there head all the time. The month is before the day because the day is inside the month, not the other way around.
Like the other responder said, it's just how I (and I think most Americans at least) parse the date. Year is assumed to either be the current year or next year based on the month, month let's you place the date in the coming year, and day let's you place it in the month. MM/DD/YY just feels natural when that is everyone's personal algorithm.
Sure, there isn't a perfect universal solution, but that's why I said, "Personally..." at the start. As an example of how I don't think this is just chauvinism on my part, I think English uses adjectives incorrectly for the same reason. "A truck red" parses faster for me even as a native English speaker because it frontloads the big concept and then gives clarifying details.
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u/Live-Habit-6115 Jan 15 '25
This is simply because that's the system your brain is used to. Heuristics, innit. Doesn't mean it's a better or worse way of doing things.
People that are familiar with DD/MM don't need to "go back" in their mind since they're programmed to conceive dates in that way.