← Back to context Comment by ur-whale 4 years ago > 2021-01-01Yes on the date format.Saves you so much time. 5 comments ur-whale Reply hnburnsy 4 years ago I don't bother with the century or the dashes, saves time...211111_foobar_v1.txtI am old enough that I still save before printing. I think it was Lotus 123 that engrained it for me. zz865 4 years ago Agreed on dates ordering problem but 20210101 is so much easier to type. nicoburns 4 years ago But much less easy to read! testplzignore 4 years ago Years that end in a 1 are awful when doing this, especially in October and November. We've had 20211001, 20211010, 20211101, 20211110, and now today 20211111. zokier 4 years ago I just tend to use $(date -Is) so I don't need to think what date it happens to be today. I guess -Id would work if you don't want the time part.
hnburnsy 4 years ago I don't bother with the century or the dashes, saves time...211111_foobar_v1.txtI am old enough that I still save before printing. I think it was Lotus 123 that engrained it for me.
zz865 4 years ago Agreed on dates ordering problem but 20210101 is so much easier to type. nicoburns 4 years ago But much less easy to read! testplzignore 4 years ago Years that end in a 1 are awful when doing this, especially in October and November. We've had 20211001, 20211010, 20211101, 20211110, and now today 20211111. zokier 4 years ago I just tend to use $(date -Is) so I don't need to think what date it happens to be today. I guess -Id would work if you don't want the time part.
testplzignore 4 years ago Years that end in a 1 are awful when doing this, especially in October and November. We've had 20211001, 20211010, 20211101, 20211110, and now today 20211111.
zokier 4 years ago I just tend to use $(date -Is) so I don't need to think what date it happens to be today. I guess -Id would work if you don't want the time part.
I don't bother with the century or the dashes, saves time...
211111_foobar_v1.txt
I am old enough that I still save before printing. I think it was Lotus 123 that engrained it for me.
Agreed on dates ordering problem but 20210101 is so much easier to type.
But much less easy to read!
Years that end in a 1 are awful when doing this, especially in October and November. We've had 20211001, 20211010, 20211101, 20211110, and now today 20211111.
I just tend to use $(date -Is) so I don't need to think what date it happens to be today. I guess -Id would work if you don't want the time part.