OT: Why MM/DD/YYYY?

[pokemon_master]

Looking at many posts I have noted that Americans say dates as MM/DD/YYYY format (i.e. today is 01/08/2006).

In England, we say our dates as DD/MM/YYYY (Today being 08/01/2006). From my point of view, our date system is logical as it has the lowest value first (i.e day before month before year), but that's because I use it a lot.

So I was wondering why the format is MM/DD/YYYY for American Countries?

 

[Captain Brain]

We Americans are too lazy to change to UK's logical ways.

 

[Adventuredaz]

I'll take a shot in the dark on this. When we speak in conversation in the US it would be said January Eight Two Thousand and Six this converts logically to 01/08/2006. I am guessing England derives their method from old English when it might be said - This is the Eight day of the First Month in the year of our Lord Two Thousand and Six or something to that effect, which would logically convert to 08/01/2006. That’s my take on the difference.

 

[GirlWithSpunk]

Yep.

 

[cteddiesgirl]

I agree with Adventuredaz.
And most of the rest of the world use the British way for dates.

But, we like to be different.
I could ask you why England drives on the left side while the rest of the world drives on the right?

 

[pokemon_master]

I agree with Adventuredaz.
And most of the rest of the world use the British way for dates.

But, we like to be different.
I could ask you why England drives on the left side while the rest of the world drives on the right?

Good question! We drive on the left so we can look around Round-a-bouts LOL JK