Export folder as catalog - naming issue

[jaredprice]

Something changed in a recent update and now when I export folders as catalogs, I am unable to use the naming convention I had previously adopted. I am in the habit of naming my exported catalogs with the date first and then the title.

e.g. 2016.12.09 - Title

Previously, this would create a folder with the above name and place the catalog files inside. Now it is only creating a folder by the name "2016.12" and cuts off the rest of the name. This is problematic as I need to export multiple catalogs from the same month and they keep wanting to overwrite each other. Anyone else encounter this issue?

[dj_paige]

Instead of using a period to separate the month from the day and the year from the month, try using a space.

[jaredprice]

I can make this change if it's the only way, but I was previously able to use the naming convention described. Now due to some arbitrary change made in an update to Lightroom it will no longer be consistent with numerous catalogs that I've already been using this convention and if I do as you suggest the new folders will not be in sequence with all of the other folders.

[dj_paige]

My suggestion was for you to simply try an experiment doing this, so that we could determine if the period was the cause of this problem, or not.

[Just Shoot Me]

To my knowledge LR does not control characters you can and can't use in either folder or file names. That is left up to the operating system you are using, which you haven't bothered stating.

What OS are you using?

Your naming has 2 periods in it. A period is usually used to separate a File Name from the extension. Are you sure you used a space after the last numerical date entry before the - in previous folder naming? Have you tried 2016.12.09-Title to see if that get created correctly?