I am trying to sort by years (I have 66230 records to sort on) Parish Records that date from 1538/1659. The year as we know it now - did not come into existence until 1752 - and i have been trying to sort my data on the "years". I know i have done this before - however, i have either forgotten how to do it - or the Excel 2010 was not the version i accomplished this on.
Basically i have this:-
25 Sep 1596/97
25 Jun 1596
05 May 1611
10 Feb 1611/12
When i do a normal "sort" the split year comes before the main year as in 1596/97 comes before 1596 - thus putting all the dates out of sequence.
Can anyone suggest how to over come this please - i am no good with macro's - so if it can be done with using sort - it would be easier for me.
Thank you for your time and energy
JM
Basically i have this:-
25 Sep 1596/97
25 Jun 1596
05 May 1611
10 Feb 1611/12
When i do a normal "sort" the split year comes before the main year as in 1596/97 comes before 1596 - thus putting all the dates out of sequence.
Can anyone suggest how to over come this please - i am no good with macro's - so if it can be done with using sort - it would be easier for me.
Thank you for your time and energy
JM