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Lawdorks: when dating documents on your server, do you use "10.1" or "10.01"?

Example: 2025.10.1 - Motion to Dismiss (7 digits plus peri...
exciting infuriating puppy field
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
bat shit crazy locale
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
exciting infuriating puppy field
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
bat shit crazy locale
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
flushed orchestra pit queen of the night
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Mind-boggling boiling water
  10/29/25
...
Insanely creepy flesh hissy fit
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
cocky soggy boltzmann
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
flushed orchestra pit queen of the night
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
Wonderful indigo property
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
exciting infuriating puppy field
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
Opaque galvanic state
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Mind-boggling boiling water
  10/29/25
...
Wonderful indigo property
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
Lime fantasy-prone dog poop
  10/29/25
...
Judgmental heady set
  10/29/25
102925
Glittery juggernaut
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
Buff comical public bath multi-billionaire
  10/29/25
lmao no
exciting infuriating puppy field
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
Glittery juggernaut
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
Buff comical public bath multi-billionaire
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
Opaque galvanic state
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
Jade histrionic stage
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Mind-boggling boiling water
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
floppy bipolar sanctuary legend
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
Navy foreskin
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Mind-boggling boiling water
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
Opaque galvanic state
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Mind-boggling boiling water
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
Insanely creepy flesh hissy fit
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
Well-lubricated church fanboi
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
Navy foreskin
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
Cerebral shimmering shitlib garrison
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
Milky irradiated keepsake machete
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
wine deer antler center
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
Cruel-hearted Unhinged Messiness
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: exciting infuriating puppy field

Example:

2025.10.1 - Motion to Dismiss (7 digits plus periods)

OR

2025.10.01 - Motion to Dismiss (8 digits plus periods)

I think that many firms use the 8 digit variety, but why? What is the purpose?

I use the 7 digit version, but might start using the 8 digit in January



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385289)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: bat shit crazy locale

always 8 digits

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385292)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: exciting infuriating puppy field

what's the point of this by the way?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385318)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: bat shit crazy locale

symmetry and consistency

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385319)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: flushed orchestra pit queen of the night

^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani next week

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385334)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Mind-boggling boiling water

Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature without it devolving into mayoral politics?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385698)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: Insanely creepy flesh hissy fit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385703)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: cocky soggy boltzmann

Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronological list and one doesn't.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49387670)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: flushed orchestra pit queen of the night

^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani next week

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385333)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Wonderful indigo property

YYYYMMDD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385294)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: exciting infuriating puppy field

no periods??? Are you insane??

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385316)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: Opaque galvanic state

the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading dates. it's really the easiest, fastest way to get it dun. saves time and effort

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385374)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Mind-boggling boiling water

Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385830)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Wonderful indigo property



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49388423)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Lime fantasy-prone dog poop

This shit pisses me off

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385323)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: Judgmental heady set



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49386214)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: Glittery juggernaut

102925

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385325)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Buff comical public bath multi-billionaire

(guy who doesnt sort his docs)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385337)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: exciting infuriating puppy field

lmao no

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385402)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: Glittery juggernaut

It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file so you know which version is the latest and when it was created. Seems to be the best way to go about it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49386295)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Buff comical public bath multi-billionaire

2025-10-01

looks classy and readable. OP's periods look gay and european, plus oldmos would never use a period in the name of a file bc it could get confused with a file extension

7 digits vs 8 prevents sorting

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385335)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Opaque galvanic state

underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385368)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: Jade histrionic stage

YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385461)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Mind-boggling boiling water

Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organizes the document alphabetically. I basically quit because of this.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385693)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: floppy bipolar sanctuary legend

harsh but fair

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385705)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: Navy foreskin

We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that having four digits for the date was only necessary "for now" to avoid ambiguity between which digits were the day and which were the year. He excitedly pointed out that once the year 2032 rolls around, he can change the format to 01JAN32 because such confusion will no longer be possible.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385744)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:23 PM
Author: Mind-boggling boiling water

He really thought this through

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385826)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Opaque galvanic state

"Any day now"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385827)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Mind-boggling boiling water

Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the date at the beginning of the name, always at the end.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49388090)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Insanely creepy flesh hissy fit

I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385706)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:26 PM
Author: Well-lubricated church fanboi

I use the unix epoch timestamp.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385832)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: Navy foreskin

(guy not prepared for 2038)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49385862)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:14 AM
Author: Cerebral shimmering shitlib garrison

2025.10.30, you fucking faggot

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49386679)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Milky irradiated keepsake machete

YYYY-MM-DD

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49388098)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: wine deer antler center

Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial I just log into CM/ECF and pull it up and hand the witness my laptop.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49388100)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Cruel-hearted Unhinged Messiness

YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5791304&forum_id=2Ã#49388103)