3 is best. And also ISO. Most notably because if you have dates in that format, alphabetical.sort and sort by date are the same thing. You can also continue from there to increasing degrees of precision, like 2025-09-01 23:02:35 and that remains true.
It’s currently October 2nd, 2025. MM-DD-YYYY
It’s currently the 2nd of October, 2025. DD-MM-YYYY
It’s currently 2025, October 2nd. YYYY-MM-DD
It’s currently 2025 the 2nd of October. YYYY-DD-MM
First one is my go to.
3 is best. And also ISO. Most notably because if you have dates in that format, alphabetical.sort and sort by date are the same thing. You can also continue from there to increasing degrees of precision, like 2025-09-01 23:02:35 and that remains true.
Please delete 4. Literally no one wants or uses it. It’s just FUD for 3.
Number 4 only works in a Terminator/Arnold Schwarzenegger accent.
Agreed, chaotic evil right there
Absolutely. Go with the lawful and/or good, but this is both messed up and corrupting.