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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...
bespoke knife brunch
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
Vibrant Spot Macaca
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
bespoke knife brunch
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
Vibrant Spot Macaca
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
pontificating excitant step-uncle's house windowlicker
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Ocher multi-colored university
  10/29/25
...
Chest-beating foreskin
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
poppy violent casino friendly grandma
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
pontificating excitant step-uncle's house windowlicker
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
Cerebral turquoise candlestick maker
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
bespoke knife brunch
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
ivory infuriating hall
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Ocher multi-colored university
  10/29/25
...
Cerebral turquoise candlestick maker
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
awkward well-lubricated water buffalo base
  10/29/25
...
Vermilion Tattoo Digit Ratio
  10/29/25
102925
Out-of-control copper resort
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
Comical field
  10/29/25
lmao no
bespoke knife brunch
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
Out-of-control copper resort
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
Comical field
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
ivory infuriating hall
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
Titillating Chestnut Range
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Ocher multi-colored university
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
buff gunner national
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
godawful glittery menage
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Ocher multi-colored university
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
ivory infuriating hall
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Ocher multi-colored university
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
Chest-beating foreskin
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
mustard marvelous public bath cuck
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
godawful glittery menage
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
Chocolate beady-eyed puppy market
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
Charismatic nowag
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
violent stage kitty
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
odious juggernaut
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: bespoke knife brunch

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=2/#49385289)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Vibrant Spot Macaca

always 8 digits

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: bespoke knife brunch

what's the point of this by the way?

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Vibrant Spot Macaca

symmetry and consistency

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: pontificating excitant step-uncle's house windowlicker

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Ocher multi-colored university

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=2/#49385698)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: Chest-beating foreskin



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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: poppy violent casino friendly grandma

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=2/#49387670)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: pontificating excitant step-uncle's house windowlicker

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Cerebral turquoise candlestick maker

YYYYMMDD

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: bespoke knife brunch

no periods??? Are you insane??

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: ivory infuriating hall

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=2/#49385374)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Ocher multi-colored university

Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Cerebral turquoise candlestick maker



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: awkward well-lubricated water buffalo base

This shit pisses me off

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: Vermilion Tattoo Digit Ratio



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: Out-of-control copper resort

102925

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Comical field

(guy who doesnt sort his docs)

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: bespoke knife brunch

lmao no

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: Out-of-control copper resort

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=2/#49386295)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Comical field

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=2/#49385335)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: ivory infuriating hall

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: Titillating Chestnut Range

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Ocher multi-colored university

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=2/#49385693)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: buff gunner national

harsh but fair

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: godawful glittery menage

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=2/#49385744)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:23 PM
Author: Ocher multi-colored university

He really thought this through

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: ivory infuriating hall

"Any day now"

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Ocher multi-colored university

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=2/#49388090)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Chest-beating foreskin

I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:26 PM
Author: mustard marvelous public bath cuck

I use the unix epoch timestamp.

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: godawful glittery menage

(guy not prepared for 2038)

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:14 AM
Author: Chocolate beady-eyed puppy market

2025.10.30, you fucking faggot

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Charismatic nowag

YYYY-MM-DD

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: violent stage kitty

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=2/#49388100)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: odious juggernaut

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

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