Re: FFS
I don't disagree – perhaps I should have said "the other way around". I just mean that almost everyone will think of it as backwards and hence will keep using whichever format they currently use. In informal contexts – e.g., "Let's have a meeting on 23 September" – the day of the month is often most important, and anything following is probably less relevant. As I noted, I do use ISO 8601 in file naming, even if only for the simple fact that sorting alphabetically then also sorts by date. But I will probably still speak things the other way around. I do, however, maintain that the US way of doing it is stupid and confusing.
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