Hi David,
on a computer I agree 20121221 is the way to go (but even then you could still do ls -lta), but on Eppendorf tubes that is precious real estate for other important numbers or letters hence the 12d21 :-)
And thanks for catching my double "J" this was just a test if somebody would actually read what I wrote :-)
And the corrected values were indeed right, aka following the simple rule I mentioned.
Jürgen
On Dec 21, 2012, at 9:15 AM, David Schuller wrote:
On neither case does an alphanumeric sort coincide with a chronological sort. The obvious solution is to petition to have the months renamed alphabetically.
On 12/21/12 03:23, Tom Murray-Rust wrote:
Hi Juergen,
Your scheme as printed has two J's - so January and July are indistinguishable! I would suggest the letters should instead be JFMAYULGSOND.
On 21 Dec 2012, at 01:52, "Bosch, Juergen" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
May I introduce you to another fool proof way:
12d12 ...
J, F,M,A,Y,J,U,G,S,O,N,D for the months, simply first letter, but if taken move to the second letter etc.
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