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[–] Alaknar@sopuli.xyz 3 points 9 hours ago

You start with the most gradual denominator

So, the year. YYYY-MM-dd.

and you sometimes skip the larger ones because they can be evident

So, skip the month: dd-MM-YYYY.

There's no scenario in which MM-dd-YYYY makes more sense. Unless you're expecting to communicate with someone with heavy brain damage who cannot retain information for 0.2 seconds, I guess?