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There's no indication this file is dynamically named during the installation process. The date is just placed here instead of within the data file instead of a version number.

JeffO
– JeffO

2011-11-27 17:12:10 +00:00
Commented Nov 27, 2011 at 17:12
@JefO: If the date is not dynamically generated, then all it is is a unique identifier. No different than a version number, just a different format. If the question is about a file who's name is the date vs. a file that contains the date, then I see that as an implementation detail. Any benefit would depend on the languages API for reading from a file vs finding a file in a directory.

unholysampler
– unholysampler

2011-11-27 17:22:03 +00:00
Commented Nov 27, 2011 at 17:22
Please see the updated question regarding time stamps.

TigerCoding
– TigerCoding

2011-11-28 02:48:12 +00:00
Commented Nov 28, 2011 at 2:48

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