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[–] Tau@sopuli.xyz 13 points 1 year ago

Because when usually dates formatted on number follow a descending or ascending order. Year -> Month -> Day or Day -> Month -> Year.

mm/dd/yyyy is:

-- Month <- Day | Year <-

It's not only strange but is also not easy to parse and can be confused with dd/mm/yyyy