[Ragulf Pickaxe]
First, how to sort? I used an old database trick. The sort key is a
unique combination of month, day, and year like this -
key = day + 50 * month + (2000 + year)
Tom, how would this key differentiate between 5th may 2003
(05-05-2003) and
8th of may 2000 (08-05-2000) ? I would get 5 + 250 + 2000 +
03 = 2258 = 8 +
250 + 2000 + 00.
I would imagine something like: key= day + 50 * month + 1000 * year
would do it (did you mean 2000 * year?).
Right, I forgot to add the multiplier for the year. I added the 2000 to
get a 4-digit year but of course you need a multiplier, one large enough
to prevent ambiguities.
Of course sorting dates is always tricky, but either a variation on this
or splitting into fields and sorting on all of them in series will do
the job.
Cheers,
Tom P
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