The YMD date format is superior to MDY however the latter has become the default in the US for some reason. If you're going to write out a date, you should pick big-endian or little-endian, with the placement of the year field denoting the format. This'd eliminate issues with dates such as, say, 03/12/2020 & 03/12/2020.
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