Excel should sort by month

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Wahine15

It would be great if Excel could sort by month name, such as Jan, Feb, Mar,
etc.

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Bob Phillips

Create a helper column with this formula

=TEXT(A1,"mmm")

and sort by that column.

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Bob Phillips

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Wahine15 said:
It would be great if Excel could sort by month name, such as Jan, Feb, Mar,
etc.

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Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
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Bernard Liengme

If your months (Jan, Feb...) are in A, use helper column with
=MATCH(A1,{"Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","June", ..........}, 0)
Sort by this column
 
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Gord Dibben

While you're waiting for the developers to get around to it, try this.

Assume dates in column A

In B1 enter =MONTH(A1)

Double-click on the fill handle of B1 to copy down.

Sort on Column B


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP
 

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