Comment by penguin_booze
4 days ago
> It uses the dd-mm-yyyy date format like the rest of Europe
Everywhere sane uses a monotonic order: either increasing or decreasing units. Americans had to be different, somehow - it's a compulsion.
4 days ago
> It uses the dd-mm-yyyy date format like the rest of Europe
Everywhere sane uses a monotonic order: either increasing or decreasing units. Americans had to be different, somehow - it's a compulsion.
Americans had to be different, somehow - it's a compulsion.
Americans inherited it from the British through colonialism.
Later, the British adopted the French method, as through history they periodically go through periods of Francophilia.
Look in a good British antiques store or archive and you will see letters penned by Queen Victoria using the "American" date method.