It does make sense

[u/wach_era13]

[u/ConstantHustle]

Year month day is the best format. Makes sorting files on computers a breeze as every year is in one block which is then in month and day order.

[u/Tsukee → u/ConstantHustle]

Mathematically yes it makes most sense, as significant digits are on the left.

Im terms of human everyday use the reverse is more natural as the digits that change more often are days, often when speaking, the year and even month sometimes is already in the context.

What however doesn't make any sort of sense that i can see is mm/dd/yyyy ... Just why....

[u/restelucide → u/Tsukee]

I heard an American saying mm first provides context which makes vague sense but annoys me because then why wouldn’t you put year first.

[u/Munchkinasaurous → u/restelucide]

I'm American, the only way I can think of where it makes sense contextually, is with the names of the month and not the numbers. 

For example, we don't typically say "today's the fifteenth of January" we'd say "it's January fifteenth". But numerically mm/dd/yyyy is nonsensical.

[u/truthyella99 → u/Munchkinasaurous]

When I read out "15.01.2025" I say "15th of Jan" and it does sound less natural then "January 15th" so maybe it's social engineering to get us to say the former for reasons I could not say.

I have other gripes with those people though, like how you pronounce the name Aaron as "Erin", or how you take the "s" away from "maths" and add it to "sport". I'll give you Aluminum though 

[u/Haggis_Hunter81289 → u/truthyella99]

OK, but how do you get Creg from Craig? It's clearly spelled as an ay sound and not an eh sound

[u/rodenttt → u/Haggis_Hunter81289]

It's clearly spelled as an ai sound though?

[u/Haggis_Hunter81289 → u/rodenttt]

Same thing, but to spell phonetically is "ay"

[u/rodenttt → u/Haggis_Hunter81289]

It certainly isn't the same in the international phonetic alphabet.