There's an ISO8601 standard for representing times, and this should be followed. It looks like from the patch that the patch (2014-05-17) conforms to this standard. I'm happy to see that this is being addressed.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-screenshot in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1054808 Title: Default filename for screenshots is problematic Status in Gnome Screenshot: New Status in “gnome-screenshot” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Press "printscreen" and you'll get a default filename of:- "Screenshot from YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.png" Fine for browsing in nautilus and double clicking on, but this format (specifically the colons) has been a bane for me for some time. 1. Tab completion fails:- -rw-rw-r-- 1 alan alan 751K Sep 23 01:10 Screenshot from 2012-09-23 01:10:33.png # tab completion works as far as here alan@deep-thought:~/Pictures$ scp Screenshot\ from\ 2012-09-2 Screenshot\ from\ 2012-09-21\ 19\:40\:46.png Screenshot\ from\ 2012-09-23\ 01\:01\:41.png Screenshot\ from\ 2012-09-23\ 01\:10\:33.png # get to here and it won't finish the filename off. alan@deep-thought:~/Pictures$ scp Screenshot\ from\ 2012-09-23\ 01\: 2. scp fails. alan@deep-thought:~/Pictures$ scp Screenshot\ from\ 2012-09-23\ 01\:10\:33.png popey.com: ssh: Could not resolve hostname Screenshot from 2012-09-23 01: Name or service not known 3. Ubuntu one file link in thunderbird fails See bug 1054803 Whilst I can see an argument for fixing the bugs in all those other applications, wouldn't it make more sense to just not have mad filenames created in the first place. I propose:- "Screenshot_from_YYYY-MM-DD_HH-MM-SS.png" ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-screenshot 3.4.1-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sun Sep 23 01:15:27 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Release amd64 (20120425) SourcePackage: gnome-screenshot UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-screenshot/+bug/1054808/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
