Writing and speech don’t need to be the same. You can say “March 12th, 2026” while writing it as either (all numbers) 2026-03-12 or (as spoken) “March 12, 2026”. Just like you might write “$100”, even though you’d never say “dollars one hundred”
That just makes texts harder to read. In my native language, we‘d read 12.03.2026 as „12th 3rd 2026“, not as „12th of march 2026“. My instinct would instantly just read 2026-03-12 as „2026 oh-3 12“. Which, I guess is understandable but not a great flow.
But I also don’t get your dollar thing. We write it 100€ because that’s the way you read it.
Writing and speech don’t need to be the same. You can say “March 12th, 2026” while writing it as either (all numbers) 2026-03-12 or (as spoken) “March 12, 2026”. Just like you might write “$100”, even though you’d never say “dollars one hundred”
That just makes texts harder to read. In my native language, we‘d read 12.03.2026 as „12th 3rd 2026“, not as „12th of march 2026“. My instinct would instantly just read 2026-03-12 as „2026 oh-3 12“. Which, I guess is understandable but not a great flow.
But I also don’t get your dollar thing. We write it 100€ because that’s the way you read it.