Jul 29, 2026 11:11 PM
cameloDancer
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FlyingGiantElk
One is right every day of the month, the other is wrong every month of the day.
TylerD85
That's the way I like to digit my date !
arajad
Neither. It's the fourth ante diem the Kalends of August.
PeterParkerPickedAPeckOfPickledPeppers
Anything but DD Month YYYY
LexLuthorForPresident
March 2342nd, 2020.
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
20260729.
I mean, yeah. That's how I name files.
mineoc
2026-06-09 ISO date for the win! Easy to sort AND easy to read.
quade
YYYYMMDD is the only way, plus it keeps files sorted chronologically AND asciibetically.
YellowCottonDress
%d/%m/%Y for people, %Y-%m-%d for computers. Both are perfectly reasonable, depending on context.
The first is also good for file structure when you're dealing with tens of thousands of files per day.
FlyingGiantElk
One is right every day of the month, the other is wrong every month of the day.
TylerD85
That's the way I like to digit my date !
arajad
Neither. It's the fourth ante diem the Kalends of August.
PeterParkerPickedAPeckOfPickledPeppers
Anything but DD Month YYYY
LexLuthorForPresident
March 2342nd, 2020.
IamIntoleranceIntolerant
20260729.
LexLuthorForPresident
I mean, yeah. That's how I name files.
mineoc
2026-06-09
ISO date for the win! Easy to sort AND easy to read.
quade
YYYYMMDD is the only way, plus it keeps files sorted chronologically AND asciibetically.
YellowCottonDress
%d/%m/%Y for people, %Y-%m-%d for computers. Both are perfectly reasonable, depending on context.
quade
The first is also good for file structure when you're dealing with tens of thousands of files per day.