The advantage of 041924 is that, when changing directories from the terminal, you can type 0419 and tab the rest of the way (99% of the time the only completion

The advantage of 041924 is that, when changing directories from the terminal, you can type 0419 and tab the rest of the way (99% of the time the only completion is 24). It's more efficient. If I prepended the year, I'd have to type out 240419 every time.