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It’s always worth bringing this out again at times like these, while the US trots out the same old excuses for their lack of progress that every other country that used to have old measurements has made.
“It’s fine”.
For the Time units - in terms of organizing by a list of numbers, I find year, month, day the best because it organizes itself.
If these were folders in a computer, they'd be in numerical order automatically.
It's the international standard for a reason
How about addresses on mail going from most general to most specific?
United States Missouri, Kansas City 55555, N Lincoln Ave 1546, Apt 456 Joe Sturgeon
I was typing that as a joke because it is the opposite of the system in the US, but aren't there places that follow this method?