04-25-2022, 04:18 PM
(04-25-2022, 09:25 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: In many countries the usual system is DD MM YYYY. Thus the date of birth of Abraham Lincoln is 12 April 1809 in Germany, but April 12, 1809 in the USA.
Possible explanation: seasonality is severe in much of the United States. In Boston the typical winter high is much lower than the typical summer low temperature.
That would be an interesting and first time I heard that as an explanation for why the US uses such a strange date format. I grew up in and still live in the US but it does feel weird not having it be either YMD or DMY. Usually metric is the thing people are more aware the US still is stubborn to take up.
