How I name Jim Muth's images on my computer.
This seems as good an opportunity as any to pass along how I name Jim Muth's images in my Fractint folder on my computer where they are currently mixed in with other .GIF fractal image files. When I calculate one of Jim Muth's Fractal of the Day images I name it: FYYMMDD[n].GIF The 'F' identifies it as a FotD image and groups all the FotD images together. The 'YYMMDD' automatically sorts the FotD images into correct ascending date order. And I can create 36 or so variations or zooms of Jim's image by optionally appending: '[n]' -- a single letter or number to identify a new image as my own -- but still show that the base source image was from a particular image of Jim's. The resulting file name is either seven or eight characters long, allowing Fractint to show the full name and not an eight character name created by Windows -- e.g. where: MyFractal.gif becomes: MYFRAC~1.GIF as displayed by DOS programs such as Fractint. A downside of this scheme is that it gives different 'date numbers' than Jim uses ( "FOTD 02-09-06" for Sept. 2nd, '06 ). 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 - Hal Lane ######################### # hallane@earthlink.net <mailto:hallane@earthlink.net> # #########################
-----Original Message----- From: Paul N. Lee [mailto:Paul.N.Lee@Worldnet.att.net] Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 1:02 AM To: fractint@mailman.xmission.com Cc: philofractal@lists.fractalus.com Subject: [philofractal] Re: FOTD 02-09-06 (New View of SeahorseValley [6])
David wrote:
John W.,
I file the fractals by date and what you call FOTD 02-09-06, I file as 090206.par. I occasionally forget that America writes the date backwards
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. ;-)
So very true!! And definitely the best way when using computers to store such values.
The thing America has failed to do right is use the Metric system.
Later, P.N.L.
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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/
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