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I don't think it really matters, and I also think it's a waste of time to care. I'm into wasting time since I'm at work, though, so here's why I think there's some logic to it.

At first glance, the order seems to come from how we say the date, "July 14th, 2026" rather than "14th of July, 2026". It seems that there's not really any record of which came first, the written format or the vocal one. Either way, I think that part is heavily ingrained in culture around here so writing it the way we say it makes sense.

Also, I personally think they're listed in order of default contextual importance. The "14th" is something that can occur 12 times a year, so it makes some sense to add a qualifier describing which fourteenth you're referring to. The year is only important if you don't know the date in reference happened within the current year, so it's importance is the lowest of the three.

Ultimately, we've long solved the issue of changing how a date is displayed for different places, so it really doesn't matter. I won't defend any other silly things we inherited from colonial era Europe though... The imperial system is wack.