While it’s confusing in a vacuum, it’s also just the way we say it out loud in american English (April 20, 2026), so it’s not that weird when you think about it like that.
However for countries that adopt dd-mm-yyyy, it’s also completely natural to say it out loud in that way (20 April 2026).
So by that reasoning we will never end up with a universally accepted date format.
While it’s confusing in a vacuum, it’s also just the way we say it out loud in american English (April 20, 2026), so it’s not that weird when you think about it like that.
However for countries that adopt dd-mm-yyyy, it’s also completely natural to say it out loud in that way (20 April 2026). So by that reasoning we will never end up with a universally accepted date format.
Yep, I agree. There’s no wrong answer, and language differs by culture.
There’s a right answer, and it’s yyyy-mm-dd.
That’s MMM d yyyy, not mm dd yyyy. It removes the ambiguity but also removes the sortability. yyyy-mm-dd for the win.