Why can't you Americans put your dates in natural progression like the rest of the world! Don't you realise what confusion it causes. OK so 6/29/00 can't be read wrong but if you tell us to listen to something on say 5/6/00 most people would have missed it!!!
You wouldn't list time as mins/hrs/secs would you?.. why on earth do you do it with dates?
Ok.. so I've had my whinge.. I feel better now.