Bug: The "export as CSV" option in the Reports page should generate a sortable filename

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Before the big refactor of the reports section, when you exported a PDF, the file name was:

Toggl_Track_summary_report_2024-02-16_2024-02-29.pdf

This file name has two ISO dates, so it’s sortable and universal. The new filename is like:

TogglTrack_Report_Summary_report_(from_12_16_2025_to_12_31_2025)

This is not sortable because the dates are not iso. Furthermore, they use the date format used by the US, which is only a small fraction of the world, leading to confusions about which date is being written in the filename.

Expected behavior:
The name should be lexicographically sortable, and should use ISO dates (ISO 8601 - Wikipedia) to avoid confusion across different countries. Exactly like it was before the big change of the Reports page.

Current behavior:
The generated filename is not sortable and the generated name leads to many confusions about which date is being represented since the date format is used only by people from the US.

Use case:
I have a big google drive folder where I store all the previous exported Reports, sorted by name. This is useful to know which is the last report I exported. I currently have about 53 reports, that is 2 years of work.

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Thanks for reporting this issue. You’re absolutely right that ISO 8601 date formatting would make filenames sortable and universally understandable. The old format with dates like 2024-02-16_2024-02-29 was much better for organizing exported reports chronologically by filename.

The current format with US-style dates makes it harder to sort your reports and can cause confusion across different regions. This is a valid concern, especially when you’re managing a large archive of exported reports.

I’ll share your feedback about restoring ISO date formatting in export filenames with the product team. This is definitely something worth considering for future improvements to the export functionality.