• DeadMartyr@lemmy.zip
    1001·
    10 months ago

    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.

    • starman2112
      31·
      10 months ago

      ISO 8601 baby

      Though it ought to be a prefix, not a suffix

      • Shayreelz
        12·
        10 months ago

        Their assumption is that the filename is the same otherwise e.g. myNotes20231122.txt

    • CapeWearingAeroplane@sopuli.xyz
      151·
      10 months ago

      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

    • PilferJynx@lemmy.world
      9·
      10 months ago

      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