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From: lih@cunixd.cc.columbia.edu (Andrew Lih)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Sorting by Date in HyperCard
Summary: How do you sort by date?
Keywords: sort date
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Date: 17 Sep 89 18:40:45 GMT
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Hi, I have a question regarding sorting in HyperCard.

If I have a whole bunch of cards with a bkgd field that contains a
date in short format (6/9/89, for example), what is the best way to
sort this in chronological order?  Is there a way in HyperCard or has
anyone written an XCMD to do this?

Also, some of the dates are in the format (6-9-89) and some are
(6/9/89), what is the best way to convert the dashes to slashes?  Am I
going to have to write a script that does this? (ugh!)

Thanks for the help!

/lih
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