Including date in filenames

[Mahombi]

As someone who doesn't use, or feel the need to include a date in file names, can someone enlighten me as to its usefulness, given that the date is invariably found in the metadata?

Thanks

Terry Lott

[BobSmith]

I switched (after reading the first DAM Book) to yymmdd-####.  I've been using that about six years now.  It's working very well.  I never have a duplicate file name unless its a different version of the same image.  Even in Finder or Window Explorer the default sort order using filename yields a list of images always in chronological order.  A "new" derivative will appear properly sorted next to "originals" created years earlier when using the same simple default sort.  File names are short.  They almost always are fully readable in just about any view in any software.

Bob Smith

[Matt Limb OBE]

I agree totally with Bob; but the 'date' is not really used as a file name, the date is used (yymmdd-####) to ensure an inique 'file name' for every image -- if I am looking for an image taken on a specific date I still use the date metadata