how do I swap the date or modify the date to a different format in a set of folders?

I have a bunch of folders named like this;

client john tech support_April-01-2022_23-47-24
hr susie in house_January-26-2022_00-47-20

the name at the beginning before the date can be varying in length so that needs to be taken into consideration.

client john tech support_April-01-2022_23-47-24
hr susie in house_January-26-2022_00-47-20

I want the name of the months, converted to their number in the calendar and for the format to change from MM-DD-YYYY to YYYY-MM-DD

So this;

client john tech support_April-01-2022_23-47-24
hr susie in house_January-26-2022_00-47-20

should be this;

client john tech support_2022-04-01_23-47-24
hr susie in house_January_2022-01-26_00-47-20

time stamps should remain as is just the date needs to change from the month being described as a word to being given a number and the sort order changed.

Thanks for any help!

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Reply to #1:

Hi Shan,

Not a problem. Off the top of my head I'd say just add all the permutations of text-month to the LIST REPLACE method , then a simple regex replace; however, I'm sure someone who's actually smart will come along and suggest something more elegant. :)

New method LIST REPLACE (nothing checked; apply to Name)
Add all the text dates in the left column followed by the number you want to see (April -> 04).

(be sure to add the long/full versions before the shorter ones if you have the short ones in the folder names)


New method REPLACE (1st Occurrence; Case sensitive NO; Use regular expressions YES; apply to Name)
Replace: ([^_]*_)(\d\d)\-(\d\d)\-(\d{4})
With: $1$4-$2-$3

Coffee break.

Cheers!
DF

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Reply to #2:

DF,

Thank you so much! Following your instructions, that worked perfectly! Thanks for the help, much appreciated :)

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