𝕾𝖕𝖎𝖈𝖞 𝕿𝖚𝖓𝖆@lemmy.world to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoJapan is on its own wavelength.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square167fedilinkarrow-up1920arrow-down140
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minus-squareDeadMartyr@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up83arrow-down1·1 year agoYYYY-MM-DD (honestly without dashes) is the only helpful format. If you name all your files with this as a suffix then your files automatically sort versions of themselves in order when sorting by name.
minus-squarestarman2112@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up29·1 year agoISO 8601 baby Though it ought to be a prefix, not a suffix
minus-squareShayreelz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 year agoTheir assumption is that the filename is the same otherwise e.g. myNotes20231122.txt
minus-squarenumanair@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoOh I see, thanks. Good alternative to final3_release2.
minus-squareCapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoCame here to say this, I use DD.MM.YY in day-to-day stuff, but for files it’s either YYYY_MM_DD or YY_MM_DD, the automatic ordering is beautiful
minus-squarePilferJynx@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year agoYeah this method is superior for digital filing. I can’t imagine the sorting clusters I’d have to go through to find what I want any other way
YYYY-MM-DD (honestly without dashes) is the only helpful format.
If you name all your files with this as a suffix then your files automatically sort versions of themselves in order when sorting by name.
ISO 8601 baby
Though it ought to be a prefix, not a suffix
You mean as a prefix, right?
Their assumption is that the filename is the same otherwise e.g. myNotes20231122.txt
Oh I see, thanks. Good alternative to final3_release2.
Came here to say this, I use DD.MM.YY in day-to-day stuff, but for files it’s either YYYY_MM_DD or YY_MM_DD, the automatic ordering is beautiful
Yeah this method is superior for digital filing. I can’t imagine the sorting clusters I’d have to go through to find what I want any other way