sort column in date order dd/mm/yy

[Guest]

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]

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.

 

[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.