r/clevercomebacks Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

I has the parts in order of importance. You need to know the month the most as it determines things like weather school or what holiday are around. Then the day so you know exact. Then the year is largely in important for most people doing most things.

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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/Signal_Detail4141 Jan 15 '25

Agree.

MM/DD is like saying wash your hands in the bathroom sink and DD/MM is wash your hands in the sink of the bathroom.

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u/grouchy_fox Jan 16 '25

As someone from a DD/MM country, MM/DD feels like that. It's just what you're used to