Replying to MM/DD/YYYY not DD/MM/YYYY ?

I'm sitting in class today writing the date on my math note and the same thought pondered through my head again. Does it not make sense for the date to be sequential: i.e. day, then month, then year? Does anyone in here know who "Created" this, or why it's done? It just seems more confusing to me.

I know last year my buddy got pumped for 1:23 04/05/06  and then april 5th came around and he was waiting for may 4th. And he missed it.


Is it just one of society's accepted mess-ups?