Re: Naming Folders

[DaleNrDudley]

"DaleNrDudley" > wrote in message news:...
> Is it possible to give a folder a name that is recognised and sorted as a
> date ie 02/04/06. I know that the forward slash / is not allowed but
> could
> anything else be used to overcome this problem? Naming folders 020406
> instead doesn't work of course because it is recognised as just a number.
>
> I'm running XP sp2 ntfs
>
> Dale
>
>

[Big_Mack1]

Dale,
This is an easy problem to solve. Windows reserves slashes for filenames,
but it will allow other spedcial characters. I use Underscores, but you can
also use a dash, period, "equal to" sign, or other characters. If Windows
doesn't like it, it will let you know.

You can name the folder "02_05_06" or something similar. that way, Windows
treats it as characters rather than numbers.

Using my own personal naming convention, when I create filenames or folders
that require a date to be used as the filename, I use the last 2 digits of
the year first, followed by the month and date. An example using today's
date: "06_04_02". This way they will appear sorted by year when you browse
through the folders or files.

Take care.
Mack

"DaleNrDudley" wrote:

>
> "DaleNrDudley" > wrote in message news:...
> > Is it possible to give a folder a name that is recognised and sorted as a
> > date ie 02/04/06. I know that the forward slash / is not allowed but
> > could
> > anything else be used to overcome this problem? Naming folders 020406
> > instead doesn't work of course because it is recognised as just a number.
> >
> > I'm running XP sp2 ntfs
> >
> > Dale
> >
> >
>
>
>