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# The American order of writing dates as a legacy of the British colonial period
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/esli-zapisyvat-po-amerikanski-to-segodnia-123123/
- Published: 2023-12-31T13:38:25.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:46:03.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Observations, Mores, Society

If We Write It the American Way, Today Is 123123.

Writing the date back to front, with the month ahead of the day, is no original American invention: it is a relic of an old colonial custom left over from the days of British rule. The British themselves abandoned such notation more than a hundred years ago, and now write as the whole world does: day-month-year. The United States, as usual, distinguished itself. On the other hand, it is as well that they remember their numerals