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babrees
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babrees
Posted Mar 09, 2006 - 5:40 AM:

I want a new field that will be a date. I need the input to be in English style (day/month/yr) and then to be able to sort into that date order.

As there is no date format and it will just be text, is this possible?
mrowton
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mrowton
Posted Mar 09, 2006 - 11:18 AM:

Under Setttings>General there is a date format area

I *think you can change it to %D to get what you are wanting, then you could use the default sort links option of date added and edited.

If you really want to make a new text field to enter a date then I don't think it would sort properly as the year would be at the end of the string.
Jenny
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Jenny
Posted Mar 09, 2006 - 1:44 PM:

I have a directory where I am sorting my links by a specific date. To make it work properly I have the date in this format: yyyy-mm-dd
works fine.
babrees
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babrees
Posted Mar 09, 2006 - 8:15 PM:

Thanks mrowton - I have the settings in English format but it is a new field I want to sort.

Thanks Jenny - I actually have folders and files on my computer named in that manner so they sort but never thought to use it here! I hoped perhaps we could have a date format in the add fields
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