1. A method for formatting and indexing data comprising: selecting a time stamp data string associated with a data entry, the time stamp data string of a first format associated with a numeral system having ten distinct characters and identifying when the data entry was created or modified; converting the time stamp data string into a binary equivalent comprising a plurality of bits; grouping the plurality of bits into one or more blocks; converting each of the one or more blocks into a character associated with a numeral system having sixty-four distinct characters, the numeral system having an ordered arrangement of characters based on assigned character values; connecting the one or more characters to create the output data string, the output data string comprising fewer characters than the time stamp data string, the output data string being the representational equivalent of the time stamp data string; using the output data string to create an index associated with the data entry; and identifying the index associated with the data entry in response to performing a database search