Month Day Year, why?

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Month Day Year, why?

Post by Shred » Sun Nov 19, 2023 5:24 am

Why does the USA use the Month Day Year system instead of the Day Month Year system?
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Re: Month Day Year, why?

Post by pete » Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:05 am

The United States is one of the few countries that use “mm-dd-yyyy” as their date format–which is very very unique! The day is written first and the year last in most countries (dd-mm-yyyy) and some nations, such as Iran, Korea, and China, write the year first and the day last (yyyy-mm-dd). But why did Americans choose to write the month first? One of the hypotheses is that the United States borrowed the way it was written from the United Kingdom who used it before the 20th century and then later changed it to match Europe (dd-mm-yyyy). American colonists liked their original format and it’s been that way ever since.

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Re: Month Day Year, why?

Post by Shred » Sun Nov 19, 2023 8:17 am

Our original pint and our original gallon were carried over into the US system, and when we made them bigger, with the Imperial system, you didn't follow.
So that figures.
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