24 hour clock is simpler.

For an interesting and baffling reading experience, look up 12:00am vs 12:00pm.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour_clock#Confusion_at_noon_and_midnight

20/12/2017 suits me ...... but it's all the same in the end.   :D

Many places have different conventions for these things and much confusion can result.  I prefer to specifiy exactly what is going on, like Dec 20, 2017.  I guess saying "The twentieth day of December, two thousand seventeen" is a little overboard.

I agree. It's back to front for me. In the UK we put the day, month - then year. 

MD... You are correct.  I am not real fond of the format that OT uses here, either, but putting the year first is just crazy.

Moose won't like the date configuration ...... seems it's the way they do it in Japan.  :D

I'd not seen this before.

That clouds looks kind of ominous!