TR - Severe thread drift, sorry, however:
For decades, I was the first to castigate the US for being blinkered. Now I see it from the other side, too, and things are much clearer. Your post reminded me of that. Why is stating the month not "sequential"? I'd venture to suggest that it's because it is not what you are used to. Within any given year, the month is more significant than the day. Up to the 28th, there are 12 of each date. It is sequential, just not in the sequence that seems familiar.
Equally, on these computer thingies, files named by date will list sequentially, if named with month first, not date.
On the same lines, a piece of 4x2 timber is a 2x4 here. A 7x5 photo is a 5x7. Just different. Not better, not worse.
I just took exception to P-A-F's implicit condemnation of the US, in the context of September 11th, 2001.
Back to ID Cards. I divorced my wife. Problem solved.