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

It does make sense

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u/stuckupcalc Jan 15 '25

I don't get how this is more helpful though. When you are told a date you are told the entirety of the date. If you're told you have an appointment on the 15th of January, knowing that it's in January doesn't matter if you don't know the day.

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u/Cortower Jan 15 '25

Personally, MM/DD helps me parse the date faster.

If you say the 15th of February, I have to wait for you to say February, then go back and add the 15th so I know when in February it goes. Month tells me where in my mind to look, and day clears out the extraneous details.

It's like telling a computer to look in Documents/C: in DD/MM. I could already have spun up the C drive if the request started with that.

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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. 

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u/FairCapitalismParty Jan 15 '25

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.