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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...
Glassy area gunner
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
wonderful affirmative action hospital
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
Glassy area gunner
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
wonderful affirmative action hospital
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Gay field
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Aromatic dull reading party
  10/29/25
...
startled nursing home potus
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
Deranged curious double fault boltzmann
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Gay field
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
provocative business firm
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
Glassy area gunner
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
Burgundy razzle-dazzle coldplay fan locale
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Aromatic dull reading party
  10/29/25
...
provocative business firm
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
insanely creepy pit
  10/29/25
...
bateful tan lettuce trust fund
  10/29/25
102925
adventurous drab cumskin
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
beady-eyed gay wizard
  10/29/25
lmao no
Glassy area gunner
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
adventurous drab cumskin
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
beady-eyed gay wizard
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
Burgundy razzle-dazzle coldplay fan locale
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
Smoky Titillating Lodge
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Aromatic dull reading party
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
Appetizing international law enforcement agency brunch
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
soul-stirring flirting theater blood rage
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Aromatic dull reading party
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
Burgundy razzle-dazzle coldplay fan locale
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Aromatic dull reading party
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
startled nursing home potus
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
Contagious Chestnut Corn Cake
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
soul-stirring flirting theater blood rage
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
charismatic stag film
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
Brindle Vibrant Skinny Woman
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
salmon irradiated athletic conference
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
Thriller judgmental lay famous landscape painting
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: Glassy area gunner

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...id#49385289)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: wonderful affirmative action hospital

always 8 digits

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: Glassy area gunner

what's the point of this by the way?

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: wonderful affirmative action hospital

symmetry and consistency

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



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

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Aromatic dull reading party

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...id#49385698)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: startled nursing home potus



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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Deranged curious double fault 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=2...id#49387670)



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

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: provocative business firm

YYYYMMDD

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: Glassy area gunner

no periods??? Are you insane??

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: Burgundy razzle-dazzle coldplay fan locale

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...id#49385374)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Aromatic dull reading party

Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: provocative business firm



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: insanely creepy pit

This shit pisses me off

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: bateful tan lettuce trust fund



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: adventurous drab cumskin

102925

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: beady-eyed gay wizard

(guy who doesnt sort his docs)

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Glassy area gunner

lmao no

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: adventurous drab cumskin

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...id#49386295)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: beady-eyed gay wizard

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...id#49385335)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Burgundy razzle-dazzle coldplay fan locale

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: Smoky Titillating Lodge

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Aromatic dull reading party

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...id#49385693)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Appetizing international law enforcement agency brunch

harsh but fair

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: soul-stirring flirting theater blood rage

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...id#49385744)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:23 PM
Author: Aromatic dull reading party

He really thought this through

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Burgundy razzle-dazzle coldplay fan locale

"Any day now"

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Aromatic dull reading party

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...id#49388090)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: startled nursing home potus

I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:26 PM
Author: Contagious Chestnut Corn Cake

I use the unix epoch timestamp.

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: soul-stirring flirting theater blood rage

(guy not prepared for 2038)

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:14 AM
Author: charismatic stag film

2025.10.30, you fucking faggot

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Brindle Vibrant Skinny Woman

YYYY-MM-DD

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: salmon irradiated athletic conference

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...id#49388100)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Thriller judgmental lay famous landscape painting

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

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