This seems like a contradiction, the op listed their prefer date methodology and got bashed because theirs didnt conform to others ideal methodology. In this example the op is american and the bashers are i presume European so how is it Americans are not appreciating others when its the opposite? The whole argument about which is right is stupid because all it is which one each of us were taught growing up. Chronological makes sense but only because its been around and accepted other then that its nothing. Month, date, year makes sense in speech and writing while day month and year makes sense numerically.