I’m sorry but it doesn’t make sense TO ME. Based on what I was taught, regardless of the month, I think what matters first is to know what day of the month you are in, if at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of said month. After you know that, you can find out the month to know where you are in the year.
What is the benefit of doing it the other way around?
EDIT: To avoid misunderstandings:
- I am NOT making fun OF ANYONE.
- I am NOT negatively judging ANYTHING.
- I am totally open to being corrected and LEARN.
- This post is out of pure and honest CURIOSITY.
So PLEASE, don’t take it the wrong way.
In Chinese, its also Month, then day.
Its always “五月 三十一号” (May 31st), never “三十一号 五月” (31st May)
When saying a day in history, the full format is used: 一九六九年 七月二十日 (1969 Year 7th Month 20th Day), but when you use it during every day life to refer to a day in the same year, the year is omitted. If you are referring to the same month, the month also get ommitted.
TLDR: Not unique to “Americans”
and also location names in Chinese are like “United States, D.C., Pennsylvania Avenue NW, № 1600” or “87104, United States, New Mexico, Albuquerque, Negra Arroyo Lane, № 308”
I mean that also makes sense, year-month-day. The other way of course is day-month-year, also logical, those two are in ascending or descending order.
And then there is the American month-day-year.
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Edit: Actually nvm, I’m just having a wild speculation. I have no idea why people use this date format. 🤷♂️
I think its more like… Imagine conversations going like this:
“When did the moon landing happen again? I forgot.”
“July 20th”
“When? Last year?”
“No, two years ago, 1969.”
July 20th, 1969
That’s how this date format came to be. At least that’s what I assume.