[Proud2BeRight]

And, is it common for Americans to use “24 May” rather than May 24?

[NELSON111]

I sign all my dates 24 May 11, or 2 Sep 11...etc...but that comes from being in the military for 24 years.

It might be he signed it that way because that is the way dates are signed in the gov't.

[Arrowhead1952]

And, is it common for Americans to use “24 May” rather than May 24?

That is the format the military uses - 24 May 2011 - would be correct for today if handwritten. All other dates on electronic documents are now in the YYYY/MM/DD or 2011/05/24 as today's date.

[gov_bean_ counter]

And, is it common for Americans to use “24 May”

The majority of the military correspondence I receive has that day/month/year formatting.

[Axeslinger]

It probably is for anyone in Gov’t. I remember adjusting to that during bootcamp.

[ml/nj]

it common for Americans to use “24 May” rather than May 24?

I do it sometimes when signing guestbooks abroad.

ML/NJ

[robertwalker62]

I always have.

24 May 2011

[hinckley buzzard]

And, is it common for Americans to use “24 May” rather than May 24?

Only in the military, and among pretentious dickheads who want to emulate eurotrash.

Guess which one jerkwater-in-chief qualifies for.

[woofie]

Its a community organizer thing