How sort dates just by day/month and NOT year if all 3 given in ce
 

How can I sort dates in a column just by the day and month and NOT the year
if all three items are given in each cell? Example, I want to sort the
following dates so that all Jan dates are together, Feb dates are together
(and so on) with the DAYS of the month in order, NOT oldest/youngest by YEAR:
01/31/04...01/02/05...01/25/98...04/22/68...

The list should give me 01/02/05, 01/25/98, 01/31/04, 04/22/68.

Make sense? Maybe I need to re-format the date column to something else???

Thanks.
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smags

You need to create a help column, if the dates are in A2:A100, insert a help
column B and use

=DATE(1,MONTH(A2),DAY(A2))

copy down


select the columns and sort by B ascending
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Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

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"smags" wrote in message
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How can I sort dates in a column just by the day and month and NOT the
year
if all three items are given in each cell? Example, I want to sort the
following dates so that all Jan dates are together, Feb dates are together
(and so on) with the DAYS of the month in order, NOT oldest/youngest by
YEAR:
01/31/04...01/02/05...01/25/98...04/22/68...

The list should give me 01/02/05, 01/25/98, 01/31/04, 04/22/68.

Make sense? Maybe I need to re-format the date column to something
else???

Thanks.
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smags