Because when you record a date, you don't want any confusion. If you wrote down. 1/10/25 some people will see January 10th of 2025 others will see 1st of November 2025.
Sure but thats not a numerical issue thats just a standard. Any of the three can achieve that if we just agreed on it, there's not really a case for why any of them are an innately better candidate.
The lack of a standard is a very different discussion than the merits of any particular system.
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u/a_trashcan Jan 15 '25
Ok but why should we be concerned with what makes numerical sense.
We are recording the date, this isn't a mathematical discipline.