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[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 years ago (3 children)

So your saying to name files

YY/yy/MM/DD/file_name.jpg

[–] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[–] Tathas@programming.dev 1 points 2 years ago

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

[–] Tathas@programming.dev 2 points 2 years 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 2 years 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