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[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 47 points 1 year ago (4 children)

It is arguably the best way to name large sets of indexed files on a filesystem.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 25 points 1 year ago

I think that the best argument is that it makes sense when combined with hours minutes and seconds.

yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss

Goes from large to small units.

[–] puppy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

Yes, YYYY/MM/DD

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml -3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Files already have computer readable dates that can be used to sort and organize them

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 3 points 1 year ago

In certain instances that may not always be available.

One example I can think of is when browsing on a NAS.