Folder view sorting created by import

I recently imported my iPhoto library, year-by-year, into LR. I decided to simply go with a date format, keeping the filenames the same.
So, now I have a bunch of Folders like .../2004/December/12/... and so on. Seemed reasonably.
One thing I've noticed with this technique us that the Folders will be sorted in a (probably locale specific) collation sequence. That is, December will come before January. This is reasonable given what Folders are, but it makes the whole "import, creating folders by date" thing a little hard to navigate.
Obviously, I should have considered this before I did it, but I needed something sensible for a bulk import. Perhaps I should redo this, perhaps just accepting the "roll" numbers iPhoto created. Given how easy it is to slice through the photos based on metadata (another thing that gave me reason to execute my patented happy dance over LR) I should probably be using that and Collections for aggregates based on dates.
I suspect as I go along that the Folders view will be closed more often than not.

Brian, John (the OP) referred to iPhoto, a Mac only app, I incorrectly assumed you were also referring to Mac. The Finder will track changes on the system drive. Obviously from what you say, Explorer doesn't.

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