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[-] Tathas@programming.dev 15 points 1 year ago

Then you just move everything into a new "20" folder.

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

So your saying to name files

YY/yy/MM/DD/file_name.jpg

[-] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 1 year ago

/20/23/08/10/New File(2) - Copy - Copy - Copy.pdf

[-] Tathas@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like you've worked on some source code a time or two.

[-] Tathas@programming.dev 2 points 1 year ago

Well if you're naming today's file 230810_file.jpg then you could just move this century's files to /20/230810_file.jpg once we roll over.

[-] DanglingFury@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

YYMMDD filename.ext

Windows auto sorts it so any folder or any code reading it reads it in order without needing anything special. It shortens the filename, it's fast to type on the number pad

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