Forget Excel. MS Access and ltools sort dates perfectly. No query needed, Just sott on tblIR.birthsd.
-- Richard Van Wasshnova On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 8:14 AM, Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey, Pat, I wanted to share with you what I just re-discovered about > Excel: It can't handle dates earlier than 1900. I knew this, but had > forgotten! I was doing just what I suggested you do, and I ran into all > sorts of date format issues in Excel. *sigh* You'd think they could fix > that, but no. So, I'm guessing sorting your whole database by birth DATE > could get a bit messy in Excel. Or maybe there is a way to set your date > format parameter in Legacy before you export that would put the dates in > the integer format in the CSV file...? I may have just crossed over my > techie limit line. --Paula > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Paula Ryburn <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Thursday, August 28, 2014 8:05 PM > *Subject:* Re: [LegacyUG] Sorting by date of birth > > Pat, What are you trying to discover or do? Would printing a birthday > list help? It's called the Calendar Creator now, under Other Reports. > Otherwise, the export to .csv and import into Excel is the route I would > take. --Paula > > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Pat Hickin <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sunday, August 24, 2014 7:45 PM > *Subject:* [LegacyUG] Sorting by date of birth > > > Is there any way to sort the entire database by, e.g., date of birth?? > > Thanks, > Pat > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
