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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...
snowy dingle berry menage
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
Curious useless casino
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
snowy dingle berry menage
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
Curious useless casino
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Hyperventilating aquamarine kitty cat
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Lascivious Sticky Clown
  10/29/25
...
Exciting kitchen
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
Disgusting ultramarine school cafeteria generalized bond
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
Hyperventilating aquamarine kitty cat
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
fishy aromatic messiness temple
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
snowy dingle berry menage
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
insane station
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Lascivious Sticky Clown
  10/29/25
...
fishy aromatic messiness temple
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
transparent office
  10/29/25
...
Misunderstood Heady Dragon Water Buffalo
  10/29/25
102925
Chest-beating saffron stock car address
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
Blue institution hissy fit
  10/29/25
lmao no
snowy dingle berry menage
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
Chest-beating saffron stock car address
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
Blue institution hissy fit
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
insane station
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
khaki bat shit crazy keepsake machete
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Lascivious Sticky Clown
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
Costumed Angry Potus
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
Vermilion pozpig cuckoldry
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Lascivious Sticky Clown
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
insane station
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Lascivious Sticky Clown
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
Exciting kitchen
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
Grizzly Mexican State
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
Vermilion pozpig cuckoldry
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
rose native
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
bearded gas station
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
Appetizing indecent lettuce house
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
Marvelous orchestra pit
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: snowy dingle berry menage

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.#49385289)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Curious useless casino

always 8 digits

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: snowy dingle berry menage

what's the point of this by the way?

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Curious useless casino

symmetry and consistency

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Hyperventilating aquamarine kitty cat

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Lascivious Sticky Clown

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.#49385698)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: Exciting kitchen



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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: Disgusting ultramarine school cafeteria 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=2.#49387670)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Hyperventilating aquamarine kitty cat

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: fishy aromatic messiness temple

YYYYMMDD

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: snowy dingle berry menage

no periods??? Are you insane??

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: insane station

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.#49385374)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Lascivious Sticky Clown

Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: fishy aromatic messiness temple



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: transparent office

This shit pisses me off

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: Misunderstood Heady Dragon Water Buffalo



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: Chest-beating saffron stock car address

102925

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Blue institution hissy fit

(guy who doesnt sort his docs)

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: snowy dingle berry menage

lmao no

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: Chest-beating saffron stock car address

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.#49386295)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: Blue institution hissy fit

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.#49385335)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: insane station

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: khaki bat shit crazy keepsake machete

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Lascivious Sticky Clown

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.#49385693)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Costumed Angry Potus

harsh but fair

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: Vermilion pozpig cuckoldry

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.#49385744)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:23 PM
Author: Lascivious Sticky Clown

He really thought this through

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: insane station

"Any day now"

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Lascivious Sticky Clown

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.#49388090)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Exciting kitchen

I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:26 PM
Author: Grizzly Mexican State

I use the unix epoch timestamp.

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: Vermilion pozpig cuckoldry

(guy not prepared for 2038)

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:14 AM
Author: rose native

2025.10.30, you fucking faggot

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: bearded gas station

YYYY-MM-DD

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Appetizing indecent lettuce house

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.#49388100)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Marvelous orchestra pit

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

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