I have a sheet with a column of dates in the standard format mm/dd/yy
A simple A to Z sort - sorts on the year. Could anyone tell me how to sort it by the month instead
Thankyou

Hi Kauflton!

Add a helper column with the following as the basis formula:

=TEXT(A1,"mmddyyyy")

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Hi

I would add a helper column. Insert the following in the first row
=MONTH(A1)
copy this down for all rows and then sort by this helper column

HTH
Frank

kauflton wrote:
I have a sheet with a column of dates in the standard format
mm/dd/yy.
A simple A to Z sort - sorts on the year. Could anyone tell me how to
sort it by the month instead? Thankyou

You need a helper column with a formula, such as

=MONTH(A1)

and sort both columns with the helper column as the key.

If you wish to include year, you could try

=TEXT(A1,"yyyymm")

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HTH

Bob Phillips
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I have a sheet with a column of dates in the standard format mm/dd/yy.
A simple A to Z sort - sorts on the year. Could anyone tell me how to sort
it by the month instead?
Thankyou