Name of screen shots suddenly changed

I upgraded to 10.6.0 via DVD and 10.6.3 via combo four days ago; all is well. Until today any screen shots were named
Picture 1.png and so on. Suddenly they are named Screen shot 2010-04-01 at 4.49.11 PM.png
What is going on?

Robert
For me since 10.6 I've had the behaviour you're only just seeing now. I've got a handful of macs here, 10.6.2 and 10.6.3 and every screen grab has the date and time stamp attached. For me it's normal and not a problem.
Perhaps - inadvertently/or you've forgotten - you've had a setting (somewhere) that changed this default behaviour to what you've been used to. Perhaps - deliberately - the 10.6.3 update has 'reset' the behaviour you've accepted as 'normal' to what it actually should be.
It's even possible the little man that lives inside every computer has decided on a whim to do this just to throw you loop? With it being Easter I would not rule out the Easter Bunny either.
HTH?
Tony

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