Ublock: Export in YYYY-MM-DD format for easier folder navigation.

[Betsy25]

Describe the issue

Currently the Export format is my-ublock-backup_DD-MM-YYYY_TIME
It's hard to navigate your backup folder, since with 99% of users, Explorer is configured to sort,
which put dates like 6-5-2016 before 17-5-2011, thus all backup are scattered around "randomly". If the export string would be my-ublock-backup_YYYY-MM-DD-TIME, _the backups would be sorted from oldest to newest, making it easier for the user to find, inspect or Import the last backup_.

Other guidelines do not relate to this issue.

[gorhill]

Can't Explorer sort files by "last modified time"?

[krzysztof-sikorski]

Can't Explorer sort files by "last modified time"?

This works when you use a single backup folder on a single machine - but the modification dates could probably get messed up if you copy files around or send them over the network.

[gorhill]

I could use Date.toISOString() instead of Date.toLocaleString(), but I don't know how well it would be appreciated by those who rather have the date localized. For example, in arabic:

Date.toLocaleString(): ط-ublock-الخاص-بي_١٧‏/٥‏/٢٠١٦ ١٠:٢٠:٠٦ ص.txt
Date.toISOString(): إحتياط-ublock-الخاص-بي_2016-05-17T14-28-36.988Z.txt

(edit: does not render properly here in comment, but anyways the point is I am unsure 2016-05-17_... is acceptable in all locales.)

[Betsy25]

According to Wikipedia DMY is the most used format, however i suspect most of the people might prefer the YMD format regarding computers & exploring, the big advantage (for all of us) is that no constant fiddling with sorting formats is needed when YMD is used & most software uses it when it generates multple files for it's working.

[jjohns71]

YYYY-MM-DD is an internationally recognized standard with the publication of ISO 8601.

Like the OP stated, this would be a nice feature to add!

[Hrxn]

Maybe stuff like this is best dealt with the right tools, i.e. the countless programs designed for renaming of files.

Any tool that can rename using regular expressions, for example.
Match:
(my-ublock-backup_)(\d\d)(-)(\d\d)(-)(\d\d\d\d)(_)(\S*)
Replace with:
$1$6-$4-$2-$8

[n1trux]

Proposed solution: Add an advanced switch for using locale, use yyyy-mm-dd by default.

[Grossdm]

I thought that I would start a request/issue for ISO 8601 filenames, but please add me to the list of those wanting it.

Something that would satisfy ISO 8601 and most modern file systems, AFAIK:
(ublock-name)-YYYY-MM-DDThh.mm.ss.txt

Two other thoughts: the weekday is of no use to me (and obviously redundant), and please do not use a comma in filenames. I'm sure the latter thought has its dissenters.

ISO 8601: Combined date and time representations

[Betsy25]

Sorry to dig this up, but would it be a good idea, to do the same for the default !date... header :
! 2-1-2017 03:40:13 http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/02/dick-clark-productions-rejects-mariah-careys-sabotage-claim.html
...which is automatically added to the "My filters" list upon adding an item created with the element picker ?

[Grossdm]

@Betsy25 I'm becoming a fan of yours. :grinning:

Although I would put this at a much lower priority than ISO 8601 style file naming, "My filters" does get cluttered with a variety of date and time formats.
If it would be a simple change to implement, I would prefer ISO 8601 here also.