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For a person born and raised in metric system, MM/DD/YY is just as bonkers as if someone decided that MM:HH:SS makes sense.

Year month day makes sense. Month day year makes sense because that's how people talk: I'll be there February 5, etc.

Month day year makes no sense because it's backwards, and no one talks that way. So why use that?

> Month day year makes sense because that's how people talk: I'll be there February 5, etc.

People also say "twelve past two" and yet you don't use 12:2:SS.

People only say "twelve past two" when they want to be formal and awkward.