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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...
arrogant parlour
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
beady-eyed mother theater
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
arrogant parlour
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
beady-eyed mother theater
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Light thirsty step-uncle's house ratface
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Lilac bonkers public bath
  10/29/25
...
at-the-ready floppy stead sweet tailpipe
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
Silver parlor
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Light thirsty step-uncle's house ratface
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
olive voyeur institution
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
arrogant parlour
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
frum mustard shrine
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Lilac bonkers public bath
  10/29/25
...
olive voyeur institution
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
nudist puce fortuitous meteor stag film
  10/29/25
...
Flesh dilemma psychic
  10/29/25
102925
cream passionate liquid oxygen dopamine
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
Emerald concupiscible rehab philosopher-king
  10/29/25
lmao no
arrogant parlour
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
cream passionate liquid oxygen dopamine
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
Emerald concupiscible rehab philosopher-king
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
frum mustard shrine
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
bistre hall
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Lilac bonkers public bath
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
dead arousing trust fund
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
Umber lodge
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Lilac bonkers public bath
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
frum mustard shrine
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Lilac bonkers public bath
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
at-the-ready floppy stead sweet tailpipe
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
Low-t blue love of her life
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
Umber lodge
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
nighttime bright stage
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
Glittery old irish cottage library
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
abnormal cyan temple international law enforcement agency
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
Heady Sepia Theater Stage Prole
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: arrogant parlour

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: beady-eyed mother theater

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: arrogant parlour

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: beady-eyed mother theater

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: Light thirsty step-uncle's house ratface

^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: Lilac bonkers public bath

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: at-the-ready floppy stead sweet tailpipe



(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: Silver parlor

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: Light thirsty step-uncle's house ratface

^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: olive voyeur institution

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: arrogant parlour

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: frum mustard shrine

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: Lilac bonkers public bath

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: olive voyeur institution



(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: nudist puce fortuitous meteor stag film

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: Flesh dilemma psychic



(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: cream passionate liquid oxygen dopamine

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: Emerald concupiscible rehab philosopher-king

(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: arrogant parlour

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: cream passionate liquid oxygen dopamine

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: Emerald concupiscible rehab philosopher-king

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: frum mustard shrine

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: bistre hall

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: Lilac bonkers public bath

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: dead arousing trust fund

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: Umber lodge

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: Lilac bonkers public bath

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: frum mustard shrine

"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: Lilac bonkers public bath

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: at-the-ready floppy stead sweet tailpipe

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: Low-t blue love of her life

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: Umber lodge

(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: nighttime bright stage

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: Glittery old irish cottage library

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: abnormal cyan temple international law enforcement agency

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: Heady Sepia Theater Stage Prole

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

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