Which is why we should all use YYYY-MM-DD in writing. Say it however you like.

jazoom · on Oct 5, 2016

Orrr... we should all do it the sensible way of day/month/year. Well, almost everyone already does.

Symbiote · on Oct 4, 2016

Sure -- in a database, or logfiles.

But it's not unreasonable to write the date the way it is spoken. I say "[Tuesday the] fourth of October, twenty-sixteen", so I write 4/10/2016.

nkrisc · on Oct 5, 2016

And many Americans (myself included) say, "October fourth, twenty-sixteen." We do write it as we say it, just as you suggested. And there's the issue. Are we simply "wrong" for saying it that way?