I am using the following command line to sort the files:

import glob
a = sorted(glob.glob('3RIMG_*.h5')

Following is the result:

3RIMG_01APR2018_0514_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01APR2018_0544_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01APR2018_0644_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01APR2018_0714_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01APR2018_0744_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01MAY2018_0515_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01MAY2018_0545_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01MAY2018_0615_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01MAY2018_0645_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01MAY2018_0715_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01MAY2018_0745_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_01MAY2018_0815_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02APR2018_0514_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02APR2018_0544_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02APR2018_0614_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02APR2018_0644_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02APR2018_0714_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02APR2018_0744_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02APR2018_0814_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02MAY2018_0515_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02MAY2018_0545_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02MAY2018_0615_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02MAY2018_0645_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02MAY2018_0715_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02MAY2018_0745_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_02MAY2018_0815_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_31MAR2018_0514_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_31MAR2018_0544_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_31MAR2018_0614_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_31MAR2018_0644_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_31MAR2018_0714_L2G_AOD.h5
3RIMG_31MAR2018_0744_L2G_AOD.h5

As you can see from the list of files displayed after sorting, the files are 
not arranged according to the increasing order of the date since the date is in 
the DDMMMYYYY format. 

Can anyone suggest me how I can sort theses files in increasing order of the 
date on the file name?

Thanks in advance
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