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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...
fluffy federal persian
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
Laughsome ruddy brunch personal credit line
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
fluffy federal persian
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
Laughsome ruddy brunch personal credit line
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Rebellious amethyst space
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Dull Talented Hell
  10/29/25
...
Navy plaza roommate
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
David Poaster Wallace
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Rebellious amethyst space
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
Insanely creepy stage stock car
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
fluffy federal persian
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
Rambunctious locus
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Dull Talented Hell
  10/29/25
...
;..........,,,...,,.;.,,...,,,;.;.....;;;.
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
Cream greedy crackhouse roast beef
  10/29/25
...
Hyperventilating Affirmative Action Generalized Bond
  10/29/25
102925
drunken translucent ticket booth
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
sable titillating haunted graveyard mexican
  10/29/25
lmao no
fluffy federal persian
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
drunken translucent ticket booth
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
sable titillating haunted graveyard mexican
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
Rambunctious locus
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
elite hyperactive coldplay fan
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Dull Talented Hell
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
azure associate
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
adventurous old irish cottage
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Dull Talented Hell
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
Rambunctious locus
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Amateur Millennial Butt Porn
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
Navy plaza roommate
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
plum nursing home
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
adventurous old irish cottage
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
tan concupiscible nibblets trailer park
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
The Buzz Aldrin Spacelaw Fellowship
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
Kalastack
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: fluffy federal persian

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: Laughsome ruddy brunch personal credit line

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: fluffy federal persian

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: Laughsome ruddy brunch personal credit line

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: Rebellious amethyst space

^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: Dull Talented Hell

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: Navy plaza roommate



(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: David Poaster Wallace

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: Rebellious amethyst space

^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: Insanely creepy stage stock car

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: fluffy federal persian

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: Rambunctious locus

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: Dull Talented Hell

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: ;..........,,,...,,.;.,,...,,,;.;.....;;;.




(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: Cream greedy crackhouse roast beef

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: Hyperventilating Affirmative Action Generalized Bond



(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: drunken translucent ticket booth

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: sable titillating haunted graveyard mexican

(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: fluffy federal persian

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: drunken translucent ticket booth

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: sable titillating haunted graveyard mexican

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: Rambunctious locus

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: elite hyperactive coldplay fan

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: Dull Talented Hell

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: azure associate

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: adventurous old irish cottage

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: Dull Talented Hell

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: Rambunctious locus

"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: Amateur Millennial Butt Porn

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: Navy plaza roommate

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: plum nursing home

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: adventurous old irish cottage

(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: tan concupiscible nibblets trailer park

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: The Buzz Aldrin Spacelaw Fellowship

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: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

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: Kalastack

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

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