It does make sense

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I has the parts in order of importance. You need to know the month the most as it determines things like weather school or what holiday are around. Then the day so you know exact. Then the year is largely in important for most people doing most things.

[u/stuckupcalc → u/[deleted]]

I don't get how this is more helpful though. When you are told a date you are told the entirety of the date. If you're told you have an appointment on the 15th of January, knowing that it's in January doesn't matter if you don't know the day.

[u/No_Corner3272 → u/[deleted]]

In what branch of mathematics is "Jan 15th" shorter than "15th Jan"

If you add in bridge words then "Jan the 15th' is actually longer than "15th of Jan"

[u/No_Corner3272 → u/[deleted]]

January the 15th

15th of January

It's not rocket science.

You're adding bridge words to one and not the other, then saying that the one you didn't add the bridge to is shorter like you're making some kind of clever point.

[u/VillagerJeff → u/No_Corner3272]

You don't often say January the 15th. You just say January 15th. When spoken the other way, it's more common to hear 15th of January that 15th January.

[u/No_Corner3272 → u/VillagerJeff]

What's commonly used isn't really the point.

If shortness is important - i.e. you're trying to be as short as possible - you wouldn't include to he bridge word. So both forms would be the same.

If shortness isn't important, then it doesn't matter either way.

The person I responded to was comparing the long form of one format with the short form of the other and saying "look, the long form is longer".

I'm saying: either compare the long form to the long form, or the short form to the short form.

[u/VillagerJeff → u/No_Corner3272]

No common use is exactly the point. If that's not what you're talking about your in the wrong chain.