Dates

[Emma]

I am importing data on which includes hundreds of dates in the format 09/11/76. Problem is that I need to sort them by month (ignoring day and year). Is there any way I can do this?

 

[David McRitchie]

Hi Emma,
create another column and use the fill handle to copy down
=Month(A1)
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HTH,
David McRitchie, Microsoft MVP - Excel [site changed Nov. 2001]
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I am importing data on which includes hundreds of dates in the format 09/11/76. Problem is that I need to sort them by month

(ignoring day and year). Is there any way I can do this?