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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...
brilliant theatre
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
costumed school
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
brilliant theatre
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
costumed school
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
High-end cracking library juggernaut
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
orange chapel
  10/29/25
...
histrionic massive center tattoo
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
contagious federal mad-dog skullcap
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
High-end cracking library juggernaut
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
Exciting cruise ship yarmulke
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
brilliant theatre
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
idiotic duck-like stage
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
orange chapel
  10/29/25
...
Exciting cruise ship yarmulke
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
Glittery public bath
  10/29/25
...
Wine nudist associate
  10/29/25
102925
Filthy dark business firm
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
translucent church building
  10/29/25
lmao no
brilliant theatre
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
Filthy dark business firm
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
translucent church building
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
idiotic duck-like stage
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
pink locus reading party
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
orange chapel
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
Disgusting twisted ladyboy
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
Amber boltzmann
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
orange chapel
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
idiotic duck-like stage
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
orange chapel
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
histrionic massive center tattoo
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
Onyx Toilet Seat
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
Amber boltzmann
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
Henna messiness rehab
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
Racy Orchestra Pit Persian
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
excitant walnut idea he suggested philosopher-king
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
thirsty garrison voyeur
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: brilliant theatre

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: costumed school

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: brilliant theatre

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: costumed school

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: High-end cracking library juggernaut

^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: orange chapel

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: histrionic massive center tattoo



(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: contagious federal mad-dog skullcap

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: High-end cracking library juggernaut

^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: Exciting cruise ship yarmulke

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: brilliant theatre

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: idiotic duck-like stage

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: orange chapel

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: Exciting cruise ship yarmulke



(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: Glittery public bath

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: Wine nudist associate



(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: Filthy dark business firm

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: translucent church building

(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: brilliant theatre

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: Filthy dark business firm

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: translucent church building

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: idiotic duck-like stage

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: pink locus reading party

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: orange chapel

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: Disgusting twisted ladyboy

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: Amber boltzmann

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: orange chapel

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: idiotic duck-like stage

"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: orange chapel

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: histrionic massive center tattoo

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: Onyx Toilet Seat

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: Amber boltzmann

(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: Henna messiness rehab

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: Racy Orchestra Pit Persian

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: excitant walnut idea he suggested philosopher-king

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: thirsty garrison voyeur

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

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