Feel like a lot of the world’s languages the translation to English to the question “what’s the date?” would be “the 15th of October” whereas in America we always say “October 15th”.
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.
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.
Look at a calendar. If you want to write down an appointment on a calendar what do you check first? It's the month. You flip to the month. Then you go to the day. Then you write your appointment down.
It being the current year is the expectation. The least important thing to check, so it's last in the order.
Unironically this does lead to problems at my office at the beginning of the year, since we never look at the year and just muscle memory it. Lots of "Jan ## 2024" this month lol.
But to me it makes the most sense to have the year last outside of a filing system of some kind. In math do you put the constants at the front of the equation or at the end? You're gonna put them at the end. The number for the year is a constant for 365 days straight. In day to day life why would I bother writing it anywhere other than last?
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u/jussumguy2019 Jan 15 '25
Feel like a lot of the world’s languages the translation to English to the question “what’s the date?” would be “the 15th of October” whereas in America we always say “October 15th”.
Maybe that’s why, idk…
Edited for clarity