Why is the most common date format in the US like mm/dd/yyyy, whereas in Europe (including the UK) it's more common to have dd/mm/yyyy?

Looking around, I found that the US form is actually the more traditional Anglo-Saxon way, but the British adapted to using the European form in the early 20th Century.

But I couldn't find a definitive discussion of the history of the different formats. Is it just conventional, or is there an official 'British date standard' (like with metric and imperial, for example).


Question: I can't get MySQL56 service to start after i stopped it
Answer: I had the same issue the other day. Try this, it should work!


Right click on MySQL Notifier -> Actions -> Manage Monitored Items 
Highlight the MySQL56 entry and click the delete button 
Click the add button -> windows service
Scroll down and look for MySQL56
Highlight it and click ok