Unix epoch for life! π
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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Seeing as I do a lot of AV editing I use this format to keep track of Audio files I do production on. YYYYMMDD Filename Version. It's often a case of working on a file and coming back to it weeks or months later, and in most cases there are multiple versions and revisions as I collaborate with my production partner.
It helps me keep track of the timeframe, what it is and which version so I can ensure rendered versions I'm using in other directories or as assets in other files are consistent and up to date.
The directories got quite messy and confusing initially until I adopted the ISO date format for this case.
in most cases there are multiple versions and revisions as I collaborate with my production partner.
Y'all MFs need version control.
Gotta love well sorted items.
Lot of talk of numerics only. The problem there is knowing what format the information is in since clearly there are 3 possibilities. Without context and during certain parts of the month you're hosed. Best to remove ambiguity and go with the alpha numeric format.
DD MMM YY (or alternatively YYYY)
11 Aug 2023
Ambiguity gone.
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join south africa and (sorta) japan, use YYYY-MM-DD as a default - sorts well, zero ambiguity.. at least until some joker starts popularising YYYY-DD-MM, anyway
Everyone talks big game about the file names but forget how important standardizing on log time stamps is too. When Iβm able to pipe a bunch of logs into sort, I get so happy.
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This is me but without the dashes. Haha I know l, whatβs wrong with me..
But Iβve also started using 10/Aug in emails to make things crystal clear.
Anyway.
This is big pp idea and I like it.
filename.`date +%s`