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Want some help? It’s intuitive to say month date year out loud. So that’s how we write it down too. Today is November 24th 2025 (11/24/25)

Here’s another point about the US date system I quite enjoy, the number go in order of lowest maximum integer to greatest maximum integer. The highest the month can go is 12 which is smaller than 31 which is smaller than theoretically infinite. But that’s probably not why we do it. I just like that thought.

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madjo@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Twenty-four november twenty twenty-five works fine too. (dd mm yyyy)

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biggeoff@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
Nope. In the UK we never say march 6 or something. Sounds wrong

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- Jyek@sh.itjust.works ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Well God forbid anyone do anything other than the way the British do it. 🙄
  
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  - Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Also doesn’t happen in Dutch, French and German.
    
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    Holytimes@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago
    No idea what aus does officially but every single person iv ever talked to there says it like Americans. March the 6th instead of the 6th of March.
    
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  - biggeoff@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Out of responses?
    Your (very condescending) point was that “we” say things in a specific way and that should be aligned with how it’s written.
    
    No need to lash out at Britain for giving a counterexample in the English speaking world.
    
    Have a good day!
    
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groet@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Its intuitive to people used to MM DD YY people and unintuitive to everyone else.

Today is the 24th of November.

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- Jyek@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Speaking that date format is usually reserved for holidays and special occasions in the US. I.e. 4th of July. You also see that data format written out on things like R.S.V.P invitations to weddings and formal gatherings. Not much else.
  
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  - groet@feddit.org ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Thats because the US is used to MM DD YY thats why the US talks like MM DD YY thats why its intuitive to you to use DD MM YY thats why …
    
    There is no inherent “intuitiveness” to it. Its intuitive if you grew up with it and you use it. It is unintuitive if you didn’t.
    
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BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
We don’t do a lot of things right in America, but MMDDYYYY is one of them.

Daylight Savings Time really sucks though.

I’m neutral on the Metric System.

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- ronl2k@lemmy.world ⁨19⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  
  I’m neutral on the Metric System.
  
  The US uses metric for military specs, automotive repair parts, US science specs, medicine/pharmacy, jewelry and most grocery products. The US dollar is also metric.
  
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  - madjo@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Heck the US Imperial system is now also metric, technically, as everything is converted from SI measurements.
    
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  - BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I’m just kidding, I actually prefer Metric when I’m woodworking. It’s much easier to multiply and divide measurements.
    
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