2008/12 → 05 | 07 | 09 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 2008/11 → 05 2008/10 → 06 2008/09 → 01 | 02 2008/08 → 29 2008/06 → 04 2008/04 → 01 | 11 | 12 2008/03 → 01 | 16 2008/02 → 06 | 20 | 21 2008/01 → 06 | 07 | 08 | 11 | 30 2007/12 → 01 | 02 | 05 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 17 | 21 2007/11 → 15 | 29 2007/10 → 06 | 07 | 15 2007/09 → 29 | 30 2007/08 → 04 | 13 2007/06 → 02 | 06 2007/05 → 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 28 2007/04 → 01 | 05 | 08 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 29 | 30 2007/03 → 01 | 02 | 06 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 19 | 29 2007/02 → 01 | 03 | 04 | 14 | 17 2007/01 → 01 | 02 | 07 | 09 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 30 2006/12 → 01 | 06 | 07 | 09 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 29 | 30 | 31 2006/11 → 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 2006/10 → 13 | 14 | 28 | 29 2006/09 → 01 | 15 2006/08 → 02 2006/07 → 07 | 31 2006/06 → 01 | 30 2006/05 → 04 2006/04 → 16 2006/03 → 24 2006/01 → 05 | 15 2005/12 → 09 | 17 | 18 | 30 2005/11 → 05 | 06 | 17 | 22 2005/10 → 31 2005/09 → 08 | 19 | 20 2005/08 → 31 2005/07 → 02 | 07 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 2005/05 → 03 | 06 | 19 2005/04 → 01 | 02 | 04 | 17 2005/03 → 02 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 28 | 29 | 30 2005/02 → 05 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 24 2005/01 → 10 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 26 2004/12 → 01 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 26 | 30 2004/11 → 02 | 04 | 22 | 30 2004/10 → 23 | 24 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 2004/09 → 01 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 23 2004/08 → 15 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 31 2004/07 → 17 | 22 2004/03 → 30 2004/02 → 15 2003/12 → 28 | 30 2003/11 → 06 | 07 2003/10 → 31 2003/07 → 24 2003/06 → 08 | 10 | 16 | 21 2003/05 → 01 2003/04 → 07 | 08 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 27 2003/03 → 01 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 23 | 30 2003/02 → 01 | 02 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 26 | 28 2003/01 → 01 | 02 | 09 2002/12 → 06 | 11 | 18 | 27 | 28 | 31 2002/11 → 10 | 26 | 28 2002/10 → 27 2002/09 → 08 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 30 2002/08 → 02 2002/07 → 15 | 18 2002/06 → 03 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 25 | 29 2002/05 → 01 | 02 | 13 | 14 2002/04 → 05 | 06 | 07 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 2002/03 → 01 | 02 | 03 | 08 | 14 2002/02 → 07 | 08 | 13 | 14 | 16 | 21 2002/01 → 14 | 20 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 31 2001/12 → 01 | 03 | 07 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 27 2001/11 → 03 | 04 | 08 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 25 2001/10 → 20 | 21 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 2001/09 → 01 | 02 | 14 | 16 | 29 2001/08 → 28 2001/07 → 07 2001/06 → 14 | 16 2001/05 → 05 | 07 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 28 | 30 2001/04 → 03 | 11 | 16 2001/03 → 04 | 06 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 22 | 26 | 29 2001/02 → 17 | 23 | 24 2001/01 → 01 | 04 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 28 2000/12 → 14 | 17 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 2000/11 → 02 | 05 | 10 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 28 | 30 2000/10 → 01 | 04 | 05 | 08 | 11 | 23 | 31 2000/09 → 01 | 03 | 13 | 14 | 21 | 25 | 28 2000/08 → 07 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 22 | 29 | 30 | 31 2000/07 → 01 | 03 | 04 | 07 | 09 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 21 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 31 2000/06 → 03 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 27 | 30 2000/05 → 01 | 06 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 25 | 27 | 28 2000/04 → 01 | 05 | 11 | 12 | 20 | 26 | 27 2000/03 → 05 | 09 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 20 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 31 2000/02 → 25 | 26 | 27 | 29

somehow, you've managed to end up at the help page for the mechanism that generates thumbnails and wrappers for all the photos in my gallery.

the script takes a single argument—a perl regular expression [perldoc.com]—that is used to select a slice of photos by date. if the regular expression provided matches multiple images, you get a palette of clickable thumbnails to choose from. one match displays that single photo at a nice "normal" size, and no matches gets you back here.

the date format is the-somewhat-hard-to-read yyyymmddhhmmss.

a few regular expression basics to get you started...

any digit matches itself, and a sequence of digits matches that sequence anywhere
brackets can be used to match any single character they contain, and support ranges; [27] matches the digit 2 or 7
\d matches any single digit (shorthand for [0-9])
parenthesis and the pipe ("or") can be used to match one string of digits or another, e.g. (27|42)
+ means "at least one of the preceding character", and * means any number including zero
{n} matches exactly n of the preceding character
^ matches the beginning of the date, and $ matches the end

and some examples...

http://www.unpunk.com/~greck/photos/?123: any photo with "123" anywhere in the date
http://www.unpunk.com/~greck/photos/?5\d6: 5 followed by any digit followed by 6, anywhere in the date
http://www.unpunk.com/~greck/photos/?^20000405: any photos from april 5, 2000 (note the ^ to anchor the year to the beginning)
http://www.unpunk.com/~greck/photos/?^\d{4}0315: photos taken on the ides of march in any year
http://www.unpunk.com/~greck/photos/?^\d{12}27: matches any photo taken at 27 seconds past the minute
http://www.unpunk.com/~greck/photos/?^\d{4}122[45]: photos taken on christmas or christmas eve of any year
http://www.unpunk.com/~greck/photos/?^\d{4}(\d\d)\1: any photos taken where the day was the same as the month (01/01, 02/02, etc.; uses a backreference)

please, mail any comments, questions or bugs to greck@unpunk.com.