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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 

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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm almost 40 and now just realizing my insistence on how to structure all my folders and notes is actually an ISO standard. Way to go me.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I stumbled upon it years ago because sorting by name sorts by date. There was no other thought put into it.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

It's incredibly annoying that in clinical research we are prohibited from using it because every date must comply with the GCP format (DD mmm yyyy). Every file has the GCP date appended to the end.