Hal Lane wrote:
When I calculate one of Jim Muth's Fractal of the Day images I name it: FYYMMDD[n].GIF .........
Paul N. Lee who puts copies of Jim's images on the web at: http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/FotD/FotD.html uses YY-MM-DD format to name his web pages -- e.g.: FotD_06-09-02.html
David wrote:
The only rational way to write the date is YYYY.M.D (2006.9.2) or YYYYMMDD (20060902). Either one lets you append the time (HH.MM.SS or HHMMSS), and both produce a very sensible and easily sorted date/time. ;-)
Mark Christenson wrote:
Actually, I do it ..... YYYYMMDD when creating data archives. From a purely functional standpoint, YYYYMMDD makes the most sense....
When it comes to the naming of computer files of any type, I have always used (and will continue to do so) numerics in either the Year-Month-Day or Year-DayOfYear formats. I started doing it this way back in the early seventies when while doing mainframe programming. And it is the most logical today with PCs. What I use verbally and written within documents varies with whom I am dealing with. But files should be named in a way that easily groups them, from largest to smallest, just like a typical sort-order would do. Sincerely, P.N.L. ------------------------------------------------- http://home.att.net/~Paul.N.Lee/PNL_Fractals.html http://www.Nahee.com/Fractals/