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To: listenhillary

As a recovering computer programmer, I was proud to prove way back in 1999 that my programs were immune from that dreaded ‘Y2K’ bug because I coded all of my dates as YYYYMMDD because IT ALWAYS SORTED CORRECTLY! Some of that code (snippets) is still operational for a couple major organizations so I must have done something right! The lovely thing was that it was readily adaptable by European and even Indian programmers ... which is why I am a former programmer. Can anyone say ‘Dilbert?’

Still, for that format, there is no chance for a consectutive sequential at any time.


27 posted on 11/12/2013 8:09:17 AM PST by SES1066 (To expect courteous government is insanity!)
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To: SES1066

Someone taught me that trick years ago and I use it to name files so that they can be sorted. I don’t do programming, I just try to herd some to achieve what I need.


30 posted on 11/12/2013 8:16:44 AM PST by listenhillary (Courts, law enforcement, roads and national defense should be the extent of government)
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To: SES1066

I always renamed my photos in that format. Makes finding them a lot easier. (I would shoot about 700,000 pictures in a year.)


32 posted on 11/12/2013 8:41:07 AM PST by Vermont Lt ( 1-800-318-2596, Mr President.)
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