I’m sorry but it doesn’t make sense to me. Regardless of the month, I think what matters first is to know what day of the month you are in, if at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of said month. After you know that, you can find out the month to know where you are in the year.

What is the benefit of doing it the other way around?

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    18 days ago

    Most significant digits first.

    That would only make sense if the US wrote the year first, but they don’t. They just seem to slap the date together in a random order

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      218 days ago

      I think that’s context relevant though. If we think about when dates are most frequently used (news, business, planning) it’s typically within the year (or month will give context).

      That added with the fact it’s not uncommon in some situations to just provide month/day.

      That being said, I don’t think either is better or worse. Just a preference kinda thing, unlike the issue between metric and imperial units.