bitwolf comments on Japan is on its own wavelength.

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 47 points 2 years ago (6 children)

It is arguably the best way to name large sets of indexed files on a filesystem.

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 25 points 2 years ago

I think that the best argument is that it makes sense when combined with hours minutes and seconds.

yyyy/MM/dd hh:mm:ss

Goes from large to small units.

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[–] MathiasTCK@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

It sorts

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[–] puppy@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Japan's way, you mean?

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[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 1 point 2 years ago

Yes, YYYY/MM/DD

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[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml -3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Files already have computer readable dates that can be used to sort and organize them

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[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 3 points 2 years ago

In certain instances that may not always be available.

One example I can think of is when browsing on a NAS.

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