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Re:Freedom Clock by Al-Khwarizmi on Saturday March 25, 2023 @11:38AM (#35303726)
> Here we are on March 25. The year comes last because it's least important.

Sorry to break it to you, but in the UK, Australia or India you wouldn't say March 25, you would say 25 March or 25th March. Just as you would in Spanish, French or German. The fact that you say March 25 reflects the atypical American date standard. They do say March 25 in Chinese, but that's because they use YMD order (and when saying a full date, they will say "2023 year, 3 month, 25 day") which also makes sense.

There's nothing more "human-friendly" about saying March 25. It's a purely American thing. There's also nothing more "human-friendly" about Fahrenheit. If you grow with Celsius, 20-25 is optimal, 10-20 cool, below 10 cold, below 0 freezing, over 30 very hot, nothing difficult about it.

Sorry if this sounds harsh but your comment is pure distilled bias.

Re:Freedom Clock by Freedom2 on Saturday March 25, 2023 @12:54PM (#35304525)
As a weird contradiction, don't Americans also generally say '4th of July' when referring to the holiday?
Re:Freedom Clock by lostmsu on Saturday March 25, 2023 @04:10PM (#35306746)
A relic of being a colony.
Re:Freedom Clock by jiaaro on Saturday March 25, 2023 @06:00PM (#35307895)
As an American I can confirm that, not only do we say “4th of July,” both phrasings are in common use for any date of the year.

March 5th is more commonly heard in USA than 5th of March, but nobody would look at you funny either way.