Sorting Dates

Sorry, this has probably been beaten to death...

I have a column set up as MM/DD/YY, and I need to be able to sort on the MM. All I can get it to do is sort on the YY.

[NateO]

In the next available column, write =month(a1), change the range to the approprite column with MM/DD/YY, and the same row. Copy the formula down, sort on the results and delete the contents of your new column.

Cheers,

Nate

[ This Message was edited by: NateO on 2002-02-28 13:56 ]

can you say that again in different words? sorry, it didn't make sense to me.

ok, i figured it out...

I did =month(C:C) in one column, and =day(B:B) in another column, and just sorted on those two columns. tx.

[hennahairgel]

It's a bit clunky but it works. Excel stores dates as numbers; I cannot think of a way to sort on every 28/30/31's digit depending on day, so I have opted to split the date up and attack it from there.
I've done my work with the dates in coulmn E. Adjust to suit.


CODE:


Sub sortbymonth()

Range("e1").Select
Range(ActiveCell, ActiveCell.End(xlDown)).Select
noofrows = Selection.Rows.Count
'insert the colums we need
Columns("F:H").Select
Selection.Insert Shift:=xlToRight
'select the column with the dates in; this one column E
Columns("E:E").Select
'use the text to columns to split the data in columns, column 1 months, 2 day, 3 year
Selection.TextToColumns Destination:=Range("E1"), DataType:=xlDelimited, _
TextQualifier:=xlDoubleQuote, ConsecutiveDelimiter:=False, Tab:=False, _
Semicolon:=False, Comma:=False, Space:=False, Other:=True, OtherChar _
:="/", FieldInfo:=Array(Array(1, 1), Array(2, 1), Array(3, 1)), _
TrailingMinusNumbers:=True
'format the first row in number format (it is still hung up in the date format)
Columns("e:H").Select
Selection.NumberFormat = "0"
'selct the columns to sort
Columns("E:I").Select
'sort by column e, the month column, other data in column i. expand to contain...
Selection.Sort Key1:=Range("E1"), Order1:=xlAscending, Header:=xlGuess, _
OrderCustom:=1, MatchCase:=False, Orientation:=xlTopToBottom, _
DataOption1:=xlSortNormal
For i = 0 To (noofrows - 1)
Monthval = Range("e1").Offset(i, 0).Value
Dayval = Range("f1").Offset(i, 0).Value
yearval = Range("g1").Offset(i, 0).Value
Dateval = Monthval & "/" & Dayval & "/" & yearval

Range("H1").Offset(i, 0).Formula = Dateval


Next i

'formats the cells properly
Columns("H:H").Select
Selection.NumberFormat = "m/d/yyyy"
'delets the working columns
Columns("E:G").Select
Range("G1").Activate
Selection.Delete Shift:=xlToLeft
End Sub