M-d-y is whats sounds the most natural when spoken in a casual setting. I feel like thats the only reason it got carried over to text. I definitely use m-d-y when talking, and as an american I also use it out of habit when writing, but I will agree that y-m-d is definitely best for text.
but the spoken is based on the written format. you say January 2nd because that’s how you write it. if you wrote it the other way you’d say 2nd of January. you already use this sometimes, which I only assume as a remnant from a time your calendar wasn’t standardized as m-d-y yet, in “4th of July” for example.
That’s very language dependant. I’m basque and we say things naturally. We do skip the year if it’s not relevant, but when we do say it, it comes first always.
Urtarrilak 2.
2025eko urtarrilak 2.
In Spanish however it’s dd-mm-yyyy and sounds perfectly natural.
2 de Enero.
2 de enero de 2025
You saying that your way sounds most natural when spoken is very pretentious because you assume that whats familiar to you is what’s most natural overall, but that’s just a generalisation of your own customs.
M-d-y is whats sounds the most natural when spoken in a casual setting. I feel like thats the only reason it got carried over to text. I definitely use m-d-y when talking, and as an american I also use it out of habit when writing, but I will agree that y-m-d is definitely best for text.
That’s just habit. In my country we both write and pronounce dates as d-m-y and it’s just as natural for us as m-d-y is for you
but the spoken is based on the written format. you say January 2nd because that’s how you write it. if you wrote it the other way you’d say 2nd of January. you already use this sometimes, which I only assume as a remnant from a time your calendar wasn’t standardized as m-d-y yet, in “4th of July” for example.
That’s very language dependant. I’m basque and we say things naturally. We do skip the year if it’s not relevant, but when we do say it, it comes first always.
Urtarrilak 2.
2025eko urtarrilak 2.
In Spanish however it’s dd-mm-yyyy and sounds perfectly natural.
2 de Enero.
2 de enero de 2025
You saying that your way sounds most natural when spoken is very pretentious because you assume that whats familiar to you is what’s most natural overall, but that’s just a generalisation of your own customs.
It’s not pretentious if someone doesn’t know better.
I’m sure it wasn’t the intention, but it did come acoss that way
Assuming there’s no better way is plenty preferentious to me, we ought to be more humble than that.