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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...
grizzly candlestick maker lettuce
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
Crystalline den queen of the night
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
grizzly candlestick maker lettuce
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
Crystalline den queen of the night
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Crusty Corner International Law Enforcement Agency
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Copper patrolman point
  10/29/25
...
Scarlet macaca
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
Transparent People Who Are Hurt
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Crusty Corner International Law Enforcement Agency
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
Haunting hyperventilating whorehouse
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
grizzly candlestick maker lettuce
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
Cracking blue cruise ship
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Copper patrolman point
  10/29/25
...
Haunting hyperventilating whorehouse
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
Cyan Racy Rigpig
  10/29/25
...
irradiated depressive famous landscape painting
  10/29/25
102925
gaped magenta mexican water buffalo
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
Sickened state potus
  10/29/25
lmao no
grizzly candlestick maker lettuce
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
gaped magenta mexican water buffalo
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
Sickened state potus
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
Cracking blue cruise ship
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
motley mad cow disease
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Copper patrolman point
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
Spectacular Property
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
Cerebral canary kitty
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Copper patrolman point
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
Cracking blue cruise ship
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Copper patrolman point
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
Scarlet macaca
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
cowardly insecure casino
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
Cerebral canary kitty
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
Vengeful set jew
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
Carnelian Hospital
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
Bistre Mind-boggling Fat Ankles National
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
Avocado soul-stirring generalized bond faggotry
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: grizzly candlestick maker lettuce

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=2Reputation#49385289)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Crystalline den queen of the night

always 8 digits

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: grizzly candlestick maker lettuce

what's the point of this by the way?

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Crystalline den queen of the night

symmetry and consistency

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Crusty Corner International Law Enforcement Agency

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Copper patrolman point

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=2Reputation#49385698)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: Scarlet macaca



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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Transparent People Who Are Hurt

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=2Reputation#49387670)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Crusty Corner International Law Enforcement Agency

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Haunting hyperventilating whorehouse

YYYYMMDD

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: grizzly candlestick maker lettuce

no periods??? Are you insane??

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: Cracking blue cruise ship

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=2Reputation#49385374)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Copper patrolman point

Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Haunting hyperventilating whorehouse



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Cyan Racy Rigpig

This shit pisses me off

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: irradiated depressive famous landscape painting



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: gaped magenta mexican water buffalo

102925

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Sickened state potus

(guy who doesnt sort his docs)

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: grizzly candlestick maker lettuce

lmao no

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: gaped magenta mexican water buffalo

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=2Reputation#49386295)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Sickened state potus

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=2Reputation#49385335)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Cracking blue cruise ship

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: motley mad cow disease

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Copper patrolman point

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=2Reputation#49385693)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Spectacular Property

harsh but fair

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: Cerebral canary kitty

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=2Reputation#49385744)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:23 PM
Author: Copper patrolman point

He really thought this through

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Cracking blue cruise ship

"Any day now"

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Copper patrolman point

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=2Reputation#49388090)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Scarlet macaca

I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:26 PM
Author: cowardly insecure casino

I use the unix epoch timestamp.

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: Cerebral canary kitty

(guy not prepared for 2038)

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:14 AM
Author: Vengeful set jew

2025.10.30, you fucking faggot

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Carnelian Hospital

YYYY-MM-DD

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Bistre Mind-boggling Fat Ankles National

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=2Reputation#49388100)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Avocado soul-stirring generalized bond faggotry

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

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