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For many people it doesn't. It's something that's exclusive to the US. In British English it's day before month when speaking.
It's something that is taught in school as "remember that the Americans say date before month so you don't get confused". But in a business context it's bloody annoying you don't switch to the international standard.
Yes, we also do days first in Germany.
Like I replied to someone else in this thread: I wasn't saying "it's the only way that makes sense when speaking" I said "it only makes sense when speaking". That doesn't make any other way of saying dates make less sense when speaking though.