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+[[!comment format=mdwn
+ username="nobodyinperson"
+ avatar="http://cdn.libravatar.org/avatar/736a41cd4988ede057bae805d000f4f5"
+ subject="comment 2"
+ date="2022-12-22T11:39:41Z"
+ content="""
+Thanks joey! However I don't think it works quite now. Slightly modifying the script above I made a [testsuite](https://gitlab.com/-/snippets/2475815) and it seems metadata fields are still interpreted as numbers somehow:
+
+```bash
+# old version without lexicographical ordering
+❯ git annex version --raw
+10.20221212-gab11fd70e
+❯ bash make-git-annex-dir-with-timestamps.sh %s %Y%m%d%H%M%S %Y.%m%d%H%M%S %Y:%m%d%H%M%S %Y-%m-%dT%H%:M:%S %Y-%m-%dT%H%:M:%S%z %FT%T %FT%T%z
+ %s ok
+ %Y%m%d%H%M%S ok
+ %Y.%m%d%H%M%S ok
+ %Y:%m%d%H%M%S fail
+ %Y-%m-%dT%H%:M:%S fail
+ %Y-%m-%dT%H%:M:%S%z fail
+ %FT%T fail
+ %FT%T%z fail
+
+# new version apparently with lexicographical ordering but no change
+❯ git annex version --raw
+10.20221213-gac6ccb513
+❯ bash make-git-annex-dir-with-timestamps.sh %s %Y%m%d%H%M%S %Y.%m%d%H%M%S %Y:%m%d%H%M%S %Y-%m-%dT%H%:M:%S %Y-%m-%dT%H%:M:%S%z %FT%T %FT%T%z
+ %s ok
+ %Y%m%d%H%M%S ok
+ %Y.%m%d%H%M%S ok
+ %Y:%m%d%H%M%S fail
+ %Y-%m-%dT%H%:M:%S fail
+ %Y-%m-%dT%H%:M:%S%z fail
+ %FT%T fail
+ %FT%T%z fail
+
+```
+"""]]