If I was to verbalize today's date, I would say it January 10th, 2012. Therefore, that's the way I would write it...1/10/2012. However, if you were to verbalize it as the 10th of January, 2012, then it would follow that you would write it as 10/1/2012. Both are correct. It's just a matter of what is commonly used in your country. I personally wish it was standardized world wide. It would make it much easier to read. To me, it makes more sense to use the month/date/year format, as it follows the first number sequence of the months of the year, such as 1/10/2012, 2/10/2012,3/10/2012 and so on. This way, you KNOW it starts with the month and not the other way around. As for changing it here............I don't think so.