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by bravura 6045 days ago
No. YYYY/MM/DD because that is: a) easy to sort b) unambiguous regardless of your preferred convention.
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YYYY-MM-DD would be even better.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601

The point is that MM/DD/YYYY is really terrible idea, and that either one of these suggested options are FAR better than the posted date.

Guess what, DD/MM/YYYY is widely used and much easier to read than the american standard. So don't be a dick.