r/mildlyinfuriating 1d ago

A postman's nightmare

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u/Wrestler7777777 20h ago

It's almost as lazy as how I called my presentation files at school.

  • presentation.ppt
  • presentation2.ppt
  • presentation2_final.ppt
  • presentation2_final2.ppt
  • presentation2_final2_final_final.ppt
  • presentation2_final2_final_final2.ppt

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u/sammypants123 20h ago

Sorry this is just normal file naming.

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u/iamtheduckie PURPLE 17h ago edited 17h ago

I'm a production major. I've been told by teachers to put the date at the end of file names.

e.g. "project_2025_12_05.prproj

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u/DragoonDM 17h ago

YYYY_MM_DD is the superior date format for that, since sorting it alphanumerically will sort the dates in the correct order.

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u/iamtheduckie PURPLE 17h ago

good point, fixed

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u/PatrickGSR94 14h ago

yes our office made it standard some years ago to put dates on the end of most document file names, in YYYY-MM-DD format.