USA is the edgy teen after moving out of the parents house (Europe) and finally doing stuff their own way. Not because it is practical, but because they feel rebellious.

Date Formats:

Aug 9, 2023

9 Aug, 2023

8/9/2023 US

9/8/2023 GB

2023/8/9

Correct Date Formats:

9 AUG, Juche 112 ✅

I like it for reading and using the date day to day

But yyy-mm-dd is best for sorting and archiving files

YYYY-MM-DD is better if you need to sort

I agree with this because if you were to say the whole thing verbally, you generally start with the day, the month then the year.

"It is the 9th of August in the year of our Lord 2023."

My personal preference is DD-MM-AAAA, but as someone that works with lots of data from different formats and timezones... I have to agree with you...

YYYYMMDD and UTC should be the global default.

RFC 3339, because ISO is not free.

They do but one informs the reader of the order of the format while the other doesn’t.

The first isn’t ambiguous at all; the second is hella ambiguous.

08/09/23 literally says the 8th day of september.

Goddamn German memes invading everywhere.

The last one is ambiguous because it could be either august ninth or september eigth.

Im a Canadian, and unfortunetely we use both formats, with no context.