Rob said on Fri, 3 Apr 2020 12:07:14 -0700 (PDT)

>This is not a Leo problem. However, there a lot of very smart people
>here who might have some insights into this.
>
>I want to name files in an intuitive way so that Windows (and other
>apps like Adobe Lightroom) sort them properly. Consider these image
>file names:
>
>1990 0909 image1.jpg (0909 indicates September 9)
>1990 1001 image2.jpg
>1990 10xx image3.jpg (10xx indicates October with unknown date)

With numbers like 0909 and 1001, etc, I follow the path of least
resistance and add an impossibly high power of ten, such as a million
(if I never expect it to reach a million. Then all become 7 character
strings with preceding zeros, and they sort the way I want.

SteveT

Steve Litt 
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