Re: Transferring pictures from a digital camera (it was Re: Best software under Gnome)

[Paul Cartwright <ale@pcartwright.com>]

On Fri January 2 2009, Ron Johnson wrote:
> > I created folders, usualy by date, with a description after that.. like
> > 12-24-2008-xmas
>
> You're a smart guy, Paul, so I know you'll give a reasoned answer:
> why do people create subdirs in format MM-DD-YYYY, since that will
> put all of the Marches together, instead of YYYY-MM-DD?

I'm an old dog, and I just find it easier to read MM-DD-YYYY. PLUS I tend to 
look for folders by month, not year.. spring photos of plants, July pictures 
of our grand baby(born in July).. and if you sort by the DATE field, not 
name, the newest are at the bottom :)

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Paul Cartwright
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