Naming Folders

[DaleNrDudley]

Is it possible to give a folder a name that is recognised and sorted as a
date ie 02/04/06. I know that the forward slash / is not allowed but could
anything else be used to overcome this problem? Naming folders 020406
instead doesn't work of course because it is recognised as just a number.

I'm running XP sp2 ntfs

Dale

 

[philo]

Is it possible to give a folder a name that is recognised and sorted as a
date ie 02/04/06. I know that the forward slash / is not allowed but
could
anything else be used to overcome this problem? Naming folders 020406
instead doesn't work of course because it is recognised as just a number.

there are dozens of alternatives:

02_04_06

02.04.06

02-04-06 etc...

 

[DanS]

there are dozens of alternatives:

02_04_06

02.04.06

02-04-06 etc...

And another alternative that will string-sort properly is yyyymmdd...

20060204 or
2006-02-04 etc.

 

[Mike Williams]

Is it possible to give a folder a name that is recognised and sorted as a
date ie 02/04/06. I know that the forward slash / is not allowed but could
anything else be used to overcome this problem? Naming folders 020406
instead doesn't work of course because it is recognised as just a number.

I'm running XP sp2 ntfs

Dale

See response to the thread you started half an hour earlier.

 

[All Things Mopar]

Today DaleNrDudley commented courteously on the subject at
hand

Is it possible to give a folder a name that is recognised
and sorted as a date ie 02/04/06. I know that the forward
slash / is not allowed but could anything else be used to
overcome this problem? Naming folders 020406 instead
doesn't work of course because it is recognised as just a
number.

I'm running XP sp2 ntfs

As I suggested in reply to your other post, try 2006-04-02.

 

[philo]

And another alternative that will string-sort properly is yyyymmdd...

20060204 or
2006-02-04 etc.

yes...
that would be the better way to do things!