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Tangentially, I frequently add dates to filenames to keep things organized. And _always_ in the `YYYYMMDD` format for clarity and technical reasons; `DDMMYYYY`
by nvilcins 5y ago
Tangentially, I frequently add dates to filenames to keep things organized. And _always_ in the `YYYYMMDD` format for clarity and technical reasons; `DDMMYYYY` (or God forbid the Americans' `MMDDYYYY`) never made much sense to me.
- wglb 5y agoI do this so often that I have an emacs macro or two that helps me out: (defun mdy () (interactive) (insert (format-time-string "%04Y-%02m-%02d"))) That inserts the "proper" date format (e.g., 2021-11-11) at the current point. Then to create a date-stamped file name: (defun file-mdy (file-name) (interactive "sbasename: ") (find-file (format "%s-%s.org" (format-time-string "%04Y-%02m-%02d") file-name)) (save-buffer)) And a few others. Nobody seems to misunderstand this date format. US folks might find it annoying, but understand what it means.