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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...
Chest-beating Area
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
crimson incel elastic band
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
Chest-beating Area
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
crimson incel elastic band
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Vibrant aggressive queen of the night
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Brass razzle piazza mother
  10/29/25
...
white liquid oxygen abode
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
180 brilliant native generalized bond
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Vibrant aggressive queen of the night
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
Bateful affirmative action
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
Chest-beating Area
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
jet-lagged comical ticket booth
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Brass razzle piazza mother
  10/29/25
...
Bateful affirmative action
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
cerise exciting point
  10/29/25
...
Talented Plum Stag Film Old Irish Cottage
  10/29/25
102925
cerebral frisky nibblets space
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
Cracking Skinny Woman
  10/29/25
lmao no
Chest-beating Area
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
cerebral frisky nibblets space
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
Cracking Skinny Woman
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
jet-lagged comical ticket booth
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
Hyperactive legend
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Brass razzle piazza mother
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
Ruby irate institution therapy
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
startling provocative stead telephone
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Brass razzle piazza mother
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
jet-lagged comical ticket booth
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Brass razzle piazza mother
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
white liquid oxygen abode
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
Lake contagious heaven personal credit line
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
startling provocative stead telephone
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
Pink box office knife
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
buck-toothed alcoholic orchestra pit
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
Up-to-no-good glittery trailer park
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
Indigo Windowlicker
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: Chest-beating Area

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=2Vannesa#49385289)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: crimson incel elastic band

always 8 digits

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: Chest-beating Area

what's the point of this by the way?

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: crimson incel elastic band

symmetry and consistency

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Vibrant aggressive queen of the night

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Brass razzle piazza mother

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=2Vannesa#49385698)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: white liquid oxygen abode



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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: 180 brilliant native generalized bond

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=2Vannesa#49387670)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Vibrant aggressive queen of the night

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

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



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

YYYYMMDD

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: Chest-beating Area

no periods??? Are you insane??

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: jet-lagged comical ticket booth

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=2Vannesa#49385374)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Brass razzle piazza mother

Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: Bateful affirmative action



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: cerise exciting point

This shit pisses me off

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: Talented Plum Stag Film Old Irish Cottage



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: cerebral frisky nibblets space

102925

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Cracking Skinny Woman

(guy who doesnt sort his docs)

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: Chest-beating Area

lmao no

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: cerebral frisky nibblets space

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=2Vannesa#49386295)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Cracking Skinny Woman

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=2Vannesa#49385335)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: jet-lagged comical ticket booth

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: Hyperactive legend

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Brass razzle piazza mother

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=2Vannesa#49385693)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Ruby irate institution therapy

harsh but fair

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: startling provocative stead telephone

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=2Vannesa#49385744)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:23 PM
Author: Brass razzle piazza mother

He really thought this through

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: jet-lagged comical ticket booth

"Any day now"

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Brass razzle piazza mother

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=2Vannesa#49388090)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: white liquid oxygen abode

I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:26 PM
Author: Lake contagious heaven personal credit line

I use the unix epoch timestamp.

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: startling provocative stead telephone

(guy not prepared for 2038)

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:14 AM
Author: Pink box office knife

2025.10.30, you fucking faggot

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: buck-toothed alcoholic orchestra pit

YYYY-MM-DD

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Up-to-no-good glittery trailer park

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=2Vannesa#49388100)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Indigo Windowlicker

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

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