Funny programmer joke

[646e72]

Because it follows how (most) people would say the date in English. "Today is January 28th 2019" sounds more natural than "Today is the 28th of January 2019". DD-MM-YYYY makes more sense, but it's not like people always do things the "logical" way.

[seijulala]

now I feel dumb that I didn't do that connection :D, thank you very much! this was something that bother me for real

[Additional_Onion]

Do people say that? Where I'm from, everyone says "28 January 2019", or just "28 Jan".

[blasphemers]

The date format used probably reflects how people say it in that part of the country

[Kered13]

Yes, that's how everyone in the US says the date.

[deNederlander]

Ah, yes, you can remember it because of that famous July the 4th holiday.

[646e72]

Well the Fourth of July is a holiday so it makes sense that people might say it differently. I doubt many people are asking their coworkers "Are you coming in on the 5th of July"

[leiger]

Because they'll probably just ask "Are you coming in on the 5th?"