Why does America display the date MM/DD/YYYY.

[RichUK]

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: RichUK
Would you not agree?

Try thinking things through for a few minutes before asking a question.

On paper day month year might make sense

But I and most people say, January 8th 2007 not The 8th of January in the year 2007

Really? Try reading the whole thread

EDIT: Said aloud BTW it would be, ?seventh of January, two thousand and seven?. No need for the ?in the year? part.

 

[jcmuse]

year/month/day is best imo. though i write day/month/year, i write it in reverse order (right to left) because when i think of date, the year comes to mind first, then month, then day (the day takes me the longest to think of).

 

[Rayden]

If I had to choose one way for our culture to do it, I would choose DD-MM-YYYY, it follows a logical order. However we already do it this way.

Sometimes I abbreviate the month with 3 letters just to be clear
Jan 8, 2007

 

[edmundoab]

US always want to be different from the rest of the world, thats what I noticed being in the US for almost half a decade

 

[ShellGuy]

Y do the brits use Metric and we use standard, we like to be different.





Will G.