And you assume that changes to filesystems, new filesystems being created or other such things won't at some point create a edge case that creates a problem?

When you could just be safe? Sounds stupid as fuck to me to blindly trust nothing will happen to create problems.

[–] absentbird@lemmy.world 2 points 7 hours ago

I understand you feel very strongly about four digit years, but I really don't see any situation that I couldn't sort out with a simple script.

Usually I don't put dates in file names in the first place, but when I do I use the UTC timestamp; a date without a timezone is inherently fuzzy, and it's easier to compare and differentiate numerical times.

If someone used two digit years in their naming convention I wouldn't even blink, let alone get the woodchipper, life is too short to get angry over stuff like that.

[–] 5C5C5C@programming.dev 1 points 8 hours ago

Until people start applying the same logic everywhere for consistency, not just in file names.