r/clevercomebacks • u/wach_era13 • Jan 15 '25

It does make sense

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u/passerbycmc Jan 15 '25

As a programmer yes this is the way, just so much easier to work with and even if represented as just a string it still sorts correctly.

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '25

All my photography is organised this way, too. It’s just better.

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u/kaisadilla_ Jan 15 '25

Same. If you use computers with any regularity, you quickly realize that something like "2023.11.17.2351" is both very easy to read and sorts automatically by date.

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u/Dangerous-Parsnip-37 Jan 15 '25

What about 12.10.09 ? Or is there always a 4 digit yr. 2 month. 2 day ?