sort dates

[Guest]

I have a report exported to XL as text file and converted to XL. The dates
appear as mm/dd/yy. I want to sort the dates by month & day, but want to
ignore the year. Is this possible? How?
Thanks,

 

[Bob Phillips]

Create a helper column with a formula of

=TEXT(A1,"mmdd")

and sort by the helper column

 

[David McRitchie]

Hi Deb,
Create a helper column, use the fill handle to copy down a formula like:
=Date(0,Month(a1), 1)

 

[David McRitchie]

Good, and a lot less confusing than my answer would be to someone
looking at the helper column.

 

[Guest]

Thank you Bob. This was just the formula I needed!
Deb

 

[Guest]

Thank you David, both for your own solution, and for your recommending I use
Bob's. I'd tried a lot of stuff in a helper column - to no avail until now!
Thanks,
Deb