[gilbertbw]

That’s the date format used in the UK

[aimazon]

Small correction: that's the date format used by most every country except the United States.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_date_formats_by_countr...

[blueflow]

Why is it always americans who are caught with being seemingly unaware of the rest of the world? Is it because we all speak their language? I didn't ever see it with Britons or Australians.

[mattlondon]

Date format used everywhere apart from US.

[eru]

Not everywhere. In Asia you find a lot of YYYY-MM-DD and similar.

[eru]

And in eg Germany, too.