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this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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I've said it before and I'll say it again. Americans write the date the way we would say it. August 9th 2023.
Generally speaking you're usually from 0 to 720 hours in a month: how many time in a year you have to remind people what month they are into vs. the single day?
Guy A: "Hey, what day is it?"
Guy B: "It's Sunday, the 13th."
Guy A: "Of...?" (gesturing to keep going)
Guy B: "Ah, right, we're just 390 hours into August. You may have missed that."
That's in response to a poorly asked question.
"Hey what's the date?
"August 13th"