--Insert a column near by.
--Say you have the quater in ColA. In col B cellB2 enter the below formula
and copy down as required and format col B to date..

=DATEVALUE("01-"&MID(A2,2,6))

--Select ColA and ColB.
--Sort ColB in Ascending order.

If this post helps click Yes
---------------
Jacob Skaria


"Dr. Darrell" wrote:

I have a column which was filled in with text:

Q3-09
Q4-10
Q1-11
Q2-09

Where the Text means:

3rd Quarter 2009
4th Quarter 2010
1st Quarter 2011
2nd Quarter 2009

I would like to sort in ascending order:

Q2-09
Q3-09
Q4-10
Q1-11

Is there an easy way to sort this column, (there are several thousand
entries).

Darrell