sort a column by date- by month not year

[Will123]

I have an excel sheet with columns of info and 1 column has numerous dates in
a column shown as: Jan. 1, 2002, Jan. 1, 2003, Feb. 1, 2004, Jun. 1, 2007,
Dec. 1, 2008, Jan. 1, 2004,,, etc. I am trying to sort by month... as all
January months together and all Feb. months together,,, not by year. My sort
always does it by year not month... any suggestions... Thanks.

 

[Max]

Those are text dates, that's why. Convert it all at one go to real dates
using Data>Text to Cols. Select the col/range of "dates", click Data>Text to
Columns>Delimited. Uncheck all delimiters in step2. In step3, check "Date"
under Column data format, then select: MDY from the droplist. Click Finish
Success? celebrate, thump the YES below

 

[Jordon]

That gets them converted but it doesn't get them sorted
like the OP wants.

 

[Max]

One has to correct the cores first, otherwise nothing will work
With the real dates running in A2 down
In B2, copied down: =TEXT(A2,"mmm")
would etch out the months in alphas in col B. Then you could sort both cols
A and B by col B, ascending (say) to give the required results in 2 wags

 

[Niek Otten]

I bet they are real dates. Otherwise, why should they sort on year?
Your advise about an extra column is correct.

 

[Sunil Jangid]

Hai.... you can sort month wise by following process.... go to the next column type the formula =month(select from the column you want to sort)........ you will get numeric value and then you can sort... in case of any doubt get back.... bye....



Will123 wrote:

sort a column by date- by month not year
28-Dec-09

I have an excel sheet with columns of info and 1 column has numerous dates i
a column shown as: Jan. 1, 2002, Jan. 1, 2003, Feb. 1, 2004, Jun. 1, 2007
Dec. 1, 2008, Jan. 1, 2004,,, etc. I am trying to sort by month... as al
January months together and all Feb. months together,,, not by year. My sor
always does it by year not month... any suggestions... Thanks.

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