Japan isn't on its own wavelength, most of East Asian does this, probably because they all decided they wanted to be like China: which was a government which governed more. https://youtu.be/Mh5LY4Mz15o?t=1m7s
Military be like 23/NOV/2023
Hey… it sorts properly alphabetically
Only within the same century, which is an issue for those of us born last millennium (or managing systems from that time), and could be a real problem in 50-ish years when we could get the first duplicates.
Better to stick with YYYY-MM-DD for alphabetical sorting
Its the same for all East Asian countries as well, but I guess slapping JAPAN on it means fast upvotes, like that "Place, Japan" meme.
It makes sense to either go general to specific or specific to general. MM-DD-YYYY is neither.
YY/MM/DD SUPREMACY
TIL that I'm Japanese
The nasty little Swedes also do that. Typisk svensk.
China does this too. I love getting files in this format.
