Change full date to just mm/dd

[hgerman]

I need to sort my date column by birth month so we know when the employees birthdays are coming up, but we can not share their birth year.
How do I but that date in mm/dd and sort by month? When I do it, it keeps sorting by year. Please help....

 

[Michael M]

Hi and Welcome to the Board
Maybe something like this, but you might have to furnish more detail on "Full date"

<b>Excel 2003</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">Month</td><td style="text-align: center;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">25/12/1952</td><td style="text-align: center;;">12</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">15/10/1965</td><td style="text-align: center;;">10</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;;">7/08/1969</td><td style="text-align: center;;">08</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style="text-align: right;;">31/12/1967</td><td style="text-align: center;;">12</td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B2</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A2,"mm"</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B3</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A3,"mm"</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B4</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A4,"mm"</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B5</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A5,"mm"</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[shg]

Welcome to the board.

In another column, formatted as mm/dd,

=DATE(2000, MONTH(A2), DAY(A2))

Sort by that.

 

[Michael M]

Sorry, forgot the days

<b>Excel 2003</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";background-color: #FFFFFF;border: 1px solid;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><colgroup><col width="25px" style="background-color: #E0E0F0" /><col /><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;text-align: center;color: #161120"><th></th><th>A</th><th>B</th><th>C</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">1</td><td style=";">Month</td><td style="text-align: center;;"></td><td style="text-align: right;;"></td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">2</td><td style="text-align: right;;">25/12/1952</td><td style="text-align: center;;">12/25</td><td style=";">Bob</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">3</td><td style="text-align: right;;">15/10/1965</td><td style="text-align: center;;">10/15</td><td style=";">Bill</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">4</td><td style="text-align: right;;">7/08/1969</td><td style="text-align: center;;">08/07</td><td style=";">Sam</td></tr><tr ><td style="color: #161120;text-align: center;">5</td><td style="text-align: right;;">31/12/1967</td><td style="text-align: center;;">12/31</td><td style=";">John</td></tr></tbody></table><p style="width:3.6em;font-weight:bold;margin:0;padding:0.2em 0.6em 0.2em 0.5em;border: 1px solid #A6AAB6;border-top:none;text-align: center;background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">Sheet1</p><br /><br /><table width="85%" cellpadding="2.5px" rules="all" style=";border: 2px solid black;border-collapse:collapse;padding: 0.4em;background-color: #FFFFFF" ><tr><td style="padding:6px" ><b>Worksheet Formulas</b><table cellpadding="2.5px" width="100%" rules="all" style="border: 1px solid;text-align:center;background-color: #FFFFFF;border-collapse: collapse; border-color: #A6AAB6"><thead><tr style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120"><th width="10px">Cell</th><th style="text-align:left;padding-left:5px;">Formula</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B2</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A2,"mm/dd"</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B3</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A3,"mm/dd"</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B4</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A4,"mm/dd"</font>)</td></tr><tr><th width="10px" style=" background-color: #E0E0F0;color: #161120">B5</th><td style="text-align:left">=TEXT(<font color="Blue">A5,"mm/dd"</font>)</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><br />

 

[hgerman]

Thank you!!

That worked beautifully.