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Nah MMDDYY for me fam
You are objectively wrong.
Yes, MM DD YY only makes sense when you're speaking.
In written language it should always follow the order of smallest to largest, meaning day, month, and then year. Imo.
Though I personally try to use YYYY-MM-DD as much as possible in day to day life, if not applicable I use DD MM YYYY. YYYY-MM-DD of course doesn't follow the order of smallest to largest, instead following the opposite order, though at least it has an order.
Largest to smallest is way more logical than smallest to largest. You start general and get more specific as you progress. It is in general a better approach to conveying information and cataloging data. Not just dates.
Yeah but if you're communicating a date, then it's likely that the larger chunks of time will match and can be ommitted, so it's natural to go up the chain in until you hit the day/month/year that matches the current one. Although I guess that'd imply using minutes before hours... I guess you could go large to small and skip anything that matches too. Nvm lol