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by gilbertbw 488 days ago
That’s the date format used in the UK
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aimazon 488 days ago
Small correction: that's the date format used by most every country except the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_date_formats_by_countr...

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blueflow 488 days ago
Why is it always americans who are caught with being seemingly unaware of the rest of the world? Is it because we all speak their language? I didn't ever see it with Britons or Australians.
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mattlondon 488 days ago
Date format used everywhere apart from US.
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eru 488 days ago
Not everywhere. In Asia you find a lot of YYYY-MM-DD and similar.
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eru 488 days ago
And in eg Germany, too.
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