Batch Convert / A few preset time formatter combinations

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Batch Convert / A few preset time formatter combinations

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In Batch Convert, the naming template offers, under the right triangle, some individual symbols for formatting dates.

* Can I suggest a few popular combinations are provided as well as the individual letters, I'm thinking particularly of Y-m-d-H-M-S and Y_m_d_H_M_S as that would save on manual entry and encourage unambiguous dating; and/or they could be prefilled in the template droplist examples; the use of m_d_Y and d_m_Y is inherently ambiguous and sort less well in sorting scenarios.

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Re: Batch Convert / A few preset time formatter combinations

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Y-m-d-H-M-S and Y_m_d_H_M_S only?
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Re: Batch Convert / A few preset time formatter combinations

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Those were obvious ones that sprang to mind; at the moment you would have to click letter by letter, or memorise, so it's easier to fill them all in in a single click and the user then adjust it down slightly in the format box. Perhaps a version with B might be wanted too, although I tend to use the numeric month myself.
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Re: Batch Convert / A few preset time formatter combinations

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Thinking further, maybe when Creation, Modified or Accessed dates are chosen, the Date Format Variables menu could pop open so the user can immediately click the date format required.