sort column in date order dd/mm/yy

[K]

In Excell I am trying to sort a column of dates dd/mm/yy, but it only seems
to sort on the first 2 digits. I have formatted the cells to date, but it
still does not seem to work

Can you help?

K

[mangesh_yadav]

Visual format does not affect the sort order. In excel dates are, in reality, numbers. If the dates you have entered are treated by excel as text, then you might have problems. Change the format of these cells to number and you should see numbers and not date. This should answer your query.

- Mangesh

[Dave Peterson]

Are you sure that they're dates?

If you format those cells as: mmmm dd, yyyy
do they change to a long date format?

If they stay like dd/mm/yy, then your values aren't really dates--they're text
masquerading as dates.

If you select that columns of false dates, you can convert them to real dates by
using:

Data|text to columns
choose dmy as the format for that field.



K wrote:
>
> In Excell I am trying to sort a column of dates dd/mm/yy, but it only seems
> to sort on the first 2 digits. I have formatted the cells to date, but it
> still does not seem to work
>
> Can you help?
>
> K

--

Dave Peterson

[jen]

Very useful info as I imported data from Access, it only gives me date in
text masquerading. Although I know how to change it under format cell or
format painter but only one cell each time which was a big pain for me,
thanks a lot

Jennifer


"Dave Peterson" wrote:

> Are you sure that they're dates?
>
> If you format those cells as: mmmm dd, yyyy
> do they change to a long date format?
>
> If they stay like dd/mm/yy, then your values aren't really dates--they're text
> masquerading as dates.
>
> If you select that columns of false dates, you can convert them to real dates by
> using:
>
> Data|text to columns
> choose dmy as the format for that field.
>
>
>
> K wrote:
> >
> > In Excell I am trying to sort a column of dates dd/mm/yy, but it only seems
> > to sort on the first 2 digits. I have formatted the cells to date, but it
> > still does not seem to work
> >
> > Can you help?
> >
> > K
>
> --
>
> Dave Peterson
>

[Dave Peterson]

If the "dates" are in one column, did you try the data|text to columns
technique?

If the dates are all over the place, maybe you can just
select your cells
edit|replace
what: / (slash)
with: / (slash)
replace all.



jen wrote:
>
> Very useful info as I imported data from Access, it only gives me date in
> text masquerading. Although I know how to change it under format cell or
> format painter but only one cell each time which was a big pain for me,
> thanks a lot
>
> Jennifer
>
> "Dave Peterson" wrote:
>
> > Are you sure that they're dates?
> >
> > If you format those cells as: mmmm dd, yyyy
> > do they change to a long date format?
> >
> > If they stay like dd/mm/yy, then your values aren't really dates--they're text
> > masquerading as dates.
> >
> > If you select that columns of false dates, you can convert them to real dates by
> > using:
> >
> > Data|text to columns
> > choose dmy as the format for that field.
> >
> >
> >
> > K wrote:
> > >
> > > In Excell I am trying to sort a column of dates dd/mm/yy, but it only seems
> > > to sort on the first 2 digits. I have formatted the cells to date, but it
> > > still does not seem to work
> > >
> > > Can you help?
> > >
> > > K
> >
> > --
> >
> > Dave Peterson
> >

--

Dave Peterson