# Datagrid Sorting by Dates

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-sorting-by-dates/277224>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 9, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-sorting-by-dates/277224 "2008-12-09T18:38:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![tpang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@tpang](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/tpang)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2008, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/datagrid-sorting-by-dates/277224/1 "2008-12-09T18:38:00Z")

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I have a flash datagrid with one of the columns displaying a date in the mm/dd/yyyy format. The current sorting algorithm provided by the flash datagrid does not sort dates. How do I sort this date column in ascending/descending order by date when the user clicks on the column header? Please help