The Big Mean Folder Machine allows you to specify custom date and time formats for splitting your files into separate folders.
This mechanism works by using a "pattern" supplied by you, which contains "placeholders" that will be replaced with the actual date and time values of each file.
The placeholders are simply text enclosed in angle brackets. A full list of all available placeholders is in the table below:
| Placeholder | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
<day> |
The day of the month | 1, 2, .., 31 |
<day0> |
The day of the month, padded to two digits | 01, 02, .., 31 |
<month> |
The month of the year | 1, 2, .., 12 |
<month0> |
The month of the year, padded to two digits | 01, 02, .., 12 |
<4DigitYear> |
The year | 2007 |
<2DigitYear> |
The last two digits of the year | 07 |
<24hour> |
The hour of the day in 24 hour format | 0, 1, 2, .., 23 |
<24hour0> |
The hour of the day in 24 hour format padded to two digits | 00, 01, .., 23 |
<12hour> |
The hour of the day in 12 hour format | 1, 2, .., 12 |
<12hour0> |
The hour of the day in 12 hour format padded to two digits | 01, 02, .., 12 |
<amPm> |
am or pm in lowercase | am, pm |
<AMPM> |
AM or PM in uppercase | AM, PM |
<second> |
The second of the hour | 0, 1, .., 59 |
<second0> |
The second of the hour padded to two digits | 00, 01, .., 59 |
<dayOfWeek> |
The day of the week | 1, 2, .., 7 |
<dayOfYear> |
The day of the year | 1, 2, .., 365 |
<dayOfYear0> |
The day of the year padded to two digits | 01, 02, .., 366 |
<dayOfYear00> |
The day of the year padded to three digits | 001, 002, .., 366 |
<fullMonthName> |
The full name of the month for your location/language | January, February, .., December |
<firstLetterOfMonthName> |
The first letter of the month for your location/language | J, F, .., D |
<first2LettersOfMonthName> |
The first two letters of the month for your location/language | Ja, Fe, .., De |
<first3LettersOfMonthName> |
The first three letters of the month for your location/language | Jan, Feb, .., Dec |
<first4LettersOfMonthName> |
The first four letters of the month for your location/language | Janu, Febr, .., Dece |
<first5LettersOfMonthName> |
The first five letters of the month for your location/language | Janua, Febru, .., Decem |
<fullDayOfWeekName> |
The full name of the day of the week for your location/language | Monday, Tuesday, .., Sunday |
<firstLetterOfDayOfWeekName> |
The first letter of the name of the day of the week for your location/language | M, T, .., S |
<first2LettersOfDayOfWeekName> |
The two first letters of the name of the day of the week for your location/language | Mo, Tu, .., Su |
<first3LettersOfDayOfWeekName> |
The three first letters of the name of the day of the week for your location/language | Mon, Tue, .., Sun |
<first4LettersOfDayOfWeekName> |
The four first letters of the name of the day of the week for your location/language | Mond, Tues, .., Sund |
<first5LettersOfDayOfWeekName> |
The first 5 letters of the name of the day of the week for your location/language | Monda, Tuesd, .., Sunda |
You can use plain text in the pattern to add particular characters in between the different date components, e.g.
<hour0>h <minute0>s