join south africa and (sorta) japan, use YYYY-MM-DD as a default - sorts well, zero ambiguity.. at least until some joker starts popularising YYYY-DD-MM, anyway
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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Everyone talks big game about the file names but forget how important standardizing on log time stamps is too. When I’m able to pipe a bunch of logs into sort, I get so happy.
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This is big pp idea and I like it.
This is me but without the dashes. Haha I know l, what’s wrong with me..
But I’ve also started using 10/Aug in emails to make things crystal clear.
Anyway.
filename.`date +%s`The only way to organize my Grateful Dead shows
where is the Americans text
I'm a firm believer of 01 Jan 2023 for everything else
Facts. The sorting system for files inevitably makes YYYY-MM-DD more optimal. I tried to resist but it doesn't work.