Does the date format MM/DD/YYYY sometimes cause confusion?

Personally I prefer a standard Day/Month/Year format because if its Month/Day/Year then seeing a date like 11/10/2018 would have me thinking:

"Is that 11 October or 10 November?" 🤔

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CheshireCatalyst · 41-45, M

My wife's birthday and my birthday are written identically even though they're on different days, because she writes MM/DD/YY and I write mine properly.

iMystery · M

@CheshireCatalyst "Properly" has become debatable as someone pointed out to me that because AMERICA does it MM/DD/YYYY, this is the "proper" way and all other countries should basically fall in line because "only America matters" 🙄

CheshireCatalyst · 41-45, M

@iMystery yeah normally I'm not so militant, but it's so clearly illogical. It would be like writing the first word in a sentence in the middle, or counting 2, 1, 3.

iMystery · M

@CheshireCatalyst 🤣 That's how I view it too!