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+6  Q: 

Is US English the only language with mmddyyyy format?

Are there any other languages that default to anything other than ddmmyyyy (other than the US)?

I'm working on an international project and wondering if there are any other languages that use the mmddyyyy date format. I have a limited knowledge of many languages but so far it seems most use ddmmyyyy instead.

+12  A: 

There are even more variations. Check Wikipedia:

List of the world locations by date format in use

Pekka  2010-02-04 21:55:46
Belize, Palau, and Micronesia (besides the US and Canada) - yup, the big players - all of them! :-)
marc_s  2010-02-04 22:00:47
Excellent x-ref. And it seems that only countries with a strong US influence use the mm/dd/yyyy notation.
Jonathan Leffler  2010-02-04 22:10:55
+5  A: 

This may be of interest: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_date

Remou  2010-02-04 21:56:48

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