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But we do say "May 24th at 18:50".

I could technically say "10 to 7 in the evening on the 24th day of May" but everyone would look at me like I'm nuts.



> on the 24th day of May

Most European countries follow that order of precedence. Intriguingly so did technical reports for the US DoD, dropping the ordinal suffix for clarity even when spoken: 24 May.

And then ISO says 2019-05-24 18:50




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