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I always smile when I think of a fictional quote on this. The Asian name order chatacter said:
"So individuals are more important than their family?"
And I believe the only way to go is the Asian name order. And using my name in reverse is not natural.
Tho don't get me started on the US date format. I always mess up month/day. Why is it reversed??
Year-Month-Day is the way to go.
ISO 8601 is the way!
I think it makes sense to be flexible: In a table, or other bureaucratic contexts, it makes sense to put the family name first. In daily speech, it's rather common that I'm in contact with family members (even more so historically), and it makes most sense to use the distinguishing name (first name) first.
If I'm with a group that includes siblings or parents/children, I can usually distinguish everyone by first name, while many people share last names.
I would answer yes every time.
Depends on the calendar year and country. Even in the West 200 years ago your family was more important than the individuals - because alone they die.
Clans, families were the way for survival.
But, US style is month-day. If you just leave out the year, which shouldn't be a problem for anyone who isn't a time traveler or just woke up from a coma, you're using US format.
The problem is when the day is 12 or less. What's 7/8? 7th of August or 8th of July?