Edit: I also think that you don't need to be involved in tech in any way to be aware of date formats. They show up in all kinds of everyday places like tax documents, bills, cheques, receipts, exams, etc.

Could say that there's still a small amount of ambiguity, but it's definitely not "as ambiguous as" ??/??/YYYY.

> unless you’re a tech persona with precursor knowledge of date formats

YYYY-MM-DD is the standard for billions of people. You don't need to be a tech persona to either use it or to understand the reasons for it (lack of ambiguity, consistency with other numbers).

Sure :)

But to their credit, @bpicolo makes a very valid point.