It's easy to change the date format in Microsoft Excel. You just need to use the "Date" drop-down menu, which gives you ...

OK, you weaseled it out of me: With every New Year comes a new year, different from the old year, that has to be remembered and written down, over and over again, on checks, invoices, computer files ...

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To be fair, I don't use this format now, and have no real plans to switch. The Internet is too smart already. There's no reason not to confuse it a bit.