for storing/filing I agree but for normal use d-m-y makes more sense to me. it frontloads the most relevant information and you can cut it at either break and it could still be helpful, since one's likely to remember the month they're in and even more likely to remember the year. more significant is less relevant.

h:m:a makes more sense for the opposite reason. less significant units of time become less relevant at that scale.

in any case, ascending or descending is demonstrably better than whatever the fuck m-d-y is.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (6 children)

M-d-y is whats sounds the most natural when spoken in a casual setting. I feel like thats the only reason it got carried over to text. I definitely use m-d-y when talking, and as an american I also use it out of habit when writing, but I will agree that y-m-d is definitely best for text.

[–] slampisko 11 points 1 month ago

M-d-y is whats sounds the most natural when spoken in a casual setting.

That's just habit. In my country we both write and pronounce dates as d-m-y and it's just as natural for us as m-d-y is for you

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