YSK: Dating files using YYYYMMDD format will keep them in chronological order, leading to better file management

This is a good thought exercise LPT but we need more context of the usage to decide on the best solution. For instance, do you mean to only name the file by date? If so there's no context of the file's contents unless you name the folder accordingly which is worth mentioning or you plan to append the context after the date. And I would definitely take into consideration how long you plan on using/referencing the files, because if we're not talking programming and long-term application implementations then just as someone else said, just sort by file date wmusing any of the modern OS, and if file updates ruffle your feathers, then version the file names per normal, ex YYYYMMDD.V1.DOC VS YYYYMMDD.V2.DOC.

  • Lots to consider here.
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