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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...
concupiscible medicated plaza
  10/29/25
always 8 digits
Multi-colored ceo
  10/29/25
what's the point of this by the way?
concupiscible medicated plaza
  10/29/25
symmetry and consistency
Multi-colored ceo
  10/29/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
plum trailer park
  10/29/25
Can’t we just have one thread about file nomenclature ...
Supple dull fat ankles principal's office
  10/29/25
...
Startling stage
  10/29/25
Well, when you sort on file name, one gives you a chronologi...
David Poaster Wallace
  10/30/25
^This is the faggot who thinks Cuomo will defeat Mamdani nex...
plum trailer park
  10/29/25
YYYYMMDD
Green parlor
  10/29/25
no periods??? Are you insane??
concupiscible medicated plaza
  10/29/25
the military writes that way and no one has trouble reading ...
Wonderful thirsty library feces
  10/29/25
Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg
Supple dull fat ankles principal's office
  10/29/25
...
;..........,,,...,,.;.,,...,,,;.;.....;;;.
  10/30/25
This shit pisses me off
Autistic space old irish cottage
  10/29/25
...
Zombie-like charismatic associate
  10/29/25
102925
floppy indian lodge
  10/29/25
(guy who doesnt sort his docs)
iridescent elite piazza
  10/29/25
lmao no
concupiscible medicated plaza
  10/29/25
It’s a suffix you append to the end of the excel file ...
floppy indian lodge
  10/29/25
2025-10-01 looks classy and readable. OP's periods look g...
iridescent elite piazza
  10/29/25
underscore, actually, but yes you have to sort by year first
Wonderful thirsty library feces
  10/29/25
YYYY.MM.DD is the best way to do it
cerise very tactful field alpha
  10/29/25
Insane boss of mine used “29OCT2025” which organ...
Supple dull fat ankles principal's office
  10/29/25
harsh but fair
ultramarine tripping doctorate
  10/29/25
We may have worked for the same man. He assured me that hav...
fiercely-loyal stag film main people
  10/29/25
He really thought this through
Supple dull fat ankles principal's office
  10/29/25
"Any day now"
Wonderful thirsty library feces
  10/29/25
Oh, I forgot the worst part, he didn’t even put the da...
Amateur Millennial Butt Porn
  10/30/25
I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter
Startling stage
  10/29/25
I use the unix epoch timestamp.
Startled azure twinkling uncleanness address
  10/29/25
(guy not prepared for 2038)
fiercely-loyal stag film main people
  10/29/25
2025.10.30, you fucking faggot
CapTTTainFalcon
  10/30/25
YYYY-MM-DD
The Buzz Aldrin Spacelaw Fellowship
  10/30/25
Keeping a file is for faggots. If I need a filing at trial ...
the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)
  10/30/25
YOU WILL ALL SUBMIT TO 01-OCT-2025 FORMAT, BITCHES
Kalastack
  10/30/25


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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:19 PM
Author: concupiscible medicated plaza

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=2Firm#49385289)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Multi-colored ceo

always 8 digits

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: concupiscible medicated plaza

what's the point of this by the way?

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Multi-colored ceo

symmetry and consistency

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: plum trailer park

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:34 PM
Author: Supple dull fat ankles principal's office

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=2Firm#49385698)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:35 PM
Author: Startling stage



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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 11:16 AM
Author: David Poaster Wallace

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=2Firm#49387670)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: plum trailer park

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:20 PM
Author: Green parlor

YYYYMMDD

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: concupiscible medicated plaza

no periods??? Are you insane??

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:37 PM
Author: Wonderful thirsty library feces

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=2Firm#49385374)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Supple dull fat ankles principal's office

Rawdog your doc numbers, dawg

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 3:43 PM
Author: ;..........,,,...,,.;.,,...,,,;.;.....;;;.




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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:25 PM
Author: Autistic space old irish cottage

This shit pisses me off

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 8:52 PM
Author: Zombie-like charismatic associate



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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:26 PM
Author: floppy indian lodge

102925

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: iridescent elite piazza

(guy who doesnt sort his docs)

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:46 PM
Author: concupiscible medicated plaza

lmao no

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 9:22 PM
Author: floppy indian lodge

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=2Firm#49386295)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:28 PM
Author: iridescent elite piazza

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=2Firm#49385335)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 3:36 PM
Author: Wonderful thirsty library feces

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 4:13 PM
Author: cerise very tactful field alpha

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

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:33 PM
Author: Supple dull fat ankles principal's office

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=2Firm#49385693)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: ultramarine tripping doctorate

harsh but fair

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:51 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal stag film main people

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=2Firm#49385744)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:23 PM
Author: Supple dull fat ankles principal's office

He really thought this through

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:24 PM
Author: Wonderful thirsty library feces

"Any day now"

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:29 PM
Author: Amateur Millennial Butt Porn

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=2Firm#49388090)



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Date: October 29th, 2025 5:36 PM
Author: Startling stage

I just mash numbers together it doesn’t matter

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:26 PM
Author: Startled azure twinkling uncleanness address

I use the unix epoch timestamp.

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



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Date: October 29th, 2025 6:35 PM
Author: fiercely-loyal stag film main people

(guy not prepared for 2038)

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 12:14 AM
Author: CapTTTainFalcon

2025.10.30, you fucking faggot

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: The Buzz Aldrin Spacelaw Fellowship

YYYY-MM-DD

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



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: the walter white of this generation (walt jr.)

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=2Firm#49388100)



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Date: October 30th, 2025 1:32 PM
Author: Kalastack

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

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