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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

YYMMDD is how a start my file names. It'll work great for another 75 years or so.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then you just move everything into a new "20" folder.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So your saying to name files

YY/yy/MM/DD/file_name.jpg

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

/20/23/08/10/New File(2) - Copy - Copy - Copy.pdf

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like you've worked on some source code a time or two.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Well if you're naming today's file 230810_file.jpg then you could just move this century's files to /20/230810_file.jpg once we roll over.