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#+title: Use timestamps as a future-proofing method
#+date: "2020-09-16 23:09:01 +08:00"
#+date_modified: "2021-05-09 18:22:54 +08:00"
#+language: en


Datetime is extremely informative by itself:

- It is static compared to other data (e.g., title, IDs, language), not prone to change.
- It quickly informs us if our stuff is outdated.
- It lets us know of the related history.
- It relates to other resources we refer to at the time.

To make future references easier to make, we could create two timestamps: one for the creation date and one for the modification date.
This adds another point for useful comparison.

To start, we could interact with the [[id:ccb3bc14-a801-4ed0-b066-50b1bcd853aa][File metadata]].
This lets you quickly evaluate whether the information is up-to-date without relying on the filesystem.
It also lets you [[id:66337935-420c-40e6-81a6-f74ab0965ed5][Maintain your own digital library]] with relative ease if your focus is on up-to-date information.
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Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`#+title: Use timestamps as a future-proofing method`
Update the files for convention Apparently, the convention (at least starting from 2018) is to make the keywords and block names to be in lowercase as stated from one of the following discussions at https://orgmode.org/list/87tuuw3n15.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr/. The files was updated with a one liner of shell. However, this is Emacs and org-mode does have an API to let you do stuff in your config and interact with the documents internally so it is not an elegant solution in any way. 2021-04-01 16:08:15 +00:00			`#+date: "2020-09-16 23:09:01 +08:00"`
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`#+date_modified: "2021-05-09 18:22:54 +08:00"`
Update the files for convention Apparently, the convention (at least starting from 2018) is to make the keywords and block names to be in lowercase as stated from one of the following discussions at https://orgmode.org/list/87tuuw3n15.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr/. The files was updated with a one liner of shell. However, this is Emacs and org-mode does have an API to let you do stuff in your config and interact with the documents internally so it is not an elegant solution in any way. 2021-04-01 16:08:15 +00:00			`#+language: en`
Update the notes as of 2020-11-15 2020-11-14 21:13:01 +00:00

Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`Datetime is extremely informative by itself:`
Update the notes as of 2020-11-15 2020-11-14 21:13:01 +00:00
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`- It is static compared to other data (e.g., title, IDs, language), not prone to change.`
			`- It quickly informs us if our stuff is outdated.`
			`- It lets us know of the related history.`
			`- It relates to other resources we refer to at the time.`
Update the notes as of 2020-11-15 2020-11-14 21:13:01 +00:00
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`To make future references easier to make, we could create two timestamps: one for the creation date and one for the modification date.`
			`This adds another point for useful comparison.`
Update the notes as of 2020-11-15 2020-11-14 21:13:01 +00:00
Update personal info management notes 2021-05-09 14:49:23 +00:00			`To start, we could interact with the [[id:ccb3bc14-a801-4ed0-b066-50b1bcd853aa][File metadata]].`
			`This lets you quickly evaluate whether the information is up-to-date without relying on the filesystem.`
			`It also lets you [[id:66337935-420c-40e6-81a6-f74ab0965ed5][Maintain your own digital library]] with relative ease if your focus is on up-to-date information.`