Is the column that the dates are in formatted as a "date", or is it just a
string?

It may be that you are sorting them as strings - if so, then "1/01/14"
would come before "9/01/1943".

Converting the column to a date format may solve the sorting issues.

On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 1:51 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]>
wrote:

> when i import a csv file of 389 line items in 123 abc order i am unable to
> put them in expirational order.   they range from 9/06/2014 to  9/19/2015.
>
> there are only two columns one is domain name the one next to it is
> expiration date.
>
> i tried the sort feature and the filters features and it just screws them
> all up.    it is a bad error on open office side.   please fix and let me
> know when ready.
>
> why is something so simple messed up by open office?
>
> thankyou.    why are you so hard to reach?
>
> --
> thanks a bunch,
> borga.........a.k.a.
> [email protected]
>

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