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[-] Tathas@programming.dev 15 points 11 months ago

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

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

So your saying to name files

YY/yy/MM/DD/file_name.jpg

[-] moody@lemmings.world 3 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Tathas@programming.dev 1 points 11 months ago

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

[-] Tathas@programming.dev 2 points 11 months 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 11 months 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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