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Date: Tuesday, 3 February 2004 05:36 (UTC)And I don't mean to sound like a bitch (as good at that as I tend to be)... I think I just forget that comical tones don't carry well across telephone wires and oceans...
My point: Yes, America is silly, but considering the way we order our words, the date format makes sense, even if the smallest value is in the middle.