>>>>>>>Unless Belize or Kenya changed recently, they too use mm/dd/yyyy. Also Puerto Rico, Phillipines, (I think all territories, common wealths, and possessions do, but not sure).
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Some places in Canada used to use mm/dd/yyyy. I saw it myself on numerous occasions visiting Canada. I guess that changed across Canada during the last few years though.
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>>>>>>It depends entirely on what you were looking at. In the programs we do here, I normally use mm/dd/yyyy because it seems to be creeping into the culture more (of course, I make it clear - ie - Date (mm/dd/yyyy):, but governments, official bodies etc still use dd/mm/yyyy. Officially, Canada is dd/mm/yyyy.
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>>>>>>I think the world should definitely go yyyy/mm/dd which we all know is the only sensible way to do it.
>>>>>
>>>>>In what way is it "the only sensible way to do it."?
>>>>>
>>>>>We think in terms of the days passing, within the months (passing) within years
>>>>>Steps within steps - seems most logical to me.
>>>>>
>>>>>If you're referring to the date format being used in maths functions then maybe y/m/d is more sensible, but the average Joe isn't using the format for that.
>>>>
>>>>It also makes more sense for sorting information. Also, I believe that most things should be referred to in terms from largest container to smallest. When you go to a calendar, do you make sure the year is correct before checking the month and then the day, or do you do it the other way around?
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>>>The calendar is already set on the year, and usually the page is turned to current month, so just check the day.
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>>But only because you made sure it was the correct year, and you set it to the current month.
>
>But these are done once, and 12 times, respectively, a year only. Besides, this month is Hillary Duff and next is Charlotte McKenna. :-)
>
>(dd/gg/yy format)
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With you two, this could go on for days!
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