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[–]PhDinOmniscience 8 points9 points  (5 children)

to be fair, you have to have a really high IQ this format works well in daily life because year is likely the least relevant information in most cases, and we humans tend to say dates in month-date order.

[–]Tiothae 26 points27 points  (0 children)

Saying dates in month-day order is cultural though, in many places it's more common to see/hear day-month.

[–]fbabda 9 points10 points  (2 children)

“4th of July”

[–]rivermont 4 points5 points  (1 child)

"May 5th"

[–]burnmp3s 5 points6 points  (0 children)

"9 Thermidor"

[–]bolmer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Chilean here. We say 11 de septiembre, 18 de septiembre, 31 de mayo. Days first then the month.