dd/mm/yyyy is the way to go, imo

[The Germanator]

Originally Posted by Ric

So what do you say if asked your date of birth?

In my case I would say - 'The Second Of The Seventh, Eighty Four.'
If I said it the American way would I have to say? 'The Seventh Month And The Second Day Of Eighty Four' ... It just does not sit right with me.

That's really what you would say if some asked for your birthday? We usually don't even numerically say the month, we only do that when we write it. A simple response would be "August 15th, 1985." Is that really that odd? Just as the 15th of August, 1985 wouldn't be that weird either..

I think the weirdness just becomes with the muscle memory of writing it the way we do. For whatever reason I was taught to write 8/15/85 for the date above, and if I saw it as 15/8/85 it would take me a second because my brain doesn't immediately recognize that pattern. I understand why both sides think the other is strange, mainly because we didn't learn it that way.

EDIT: Mana stole my thunder, whoops. Heh.