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Comment on I've noticed a lot of UK job applications use the American MM/DD/YYYY date format and some also say "resume" instead of CV. Does that annoy you if you're British?

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SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

I’ll see you on the 1st of the 1st.

I see nothing wrong with that. The day number moves most frequently, so that should go first. The month moves second most frequently, so that should go second. Putting the month first makes it odd.

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themeatbridge@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Why would the number that moves most go first? Numbers don’t work that way normally.

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Nibodhika@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

The day number moves most frequently, so that should go first.

Are you German? How do you read 35? Is it 5 and 30? Or 30 and 5? Because the most significant number comes first, the one that moves most cones last.

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- SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  No, I am not. I just say dates the way people in my country say them, as do you, I suppose.
  
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xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Do you also say “six, fifty and two hundred” instead of “two hundred and fifty six”?

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- SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Fair play…this is just how we say dates.
  
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