RE: [xsl] sorting results by date

["Ben Robb" <b.robb@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes - for example:

<xsl:for-each select="datefield">
	<xsl:sort select="substring(., 7, 4)"/>
	<xsl:sort select="substring(., 4, 2)"/>
	<xsl:sort select="substring(., 1, 2)"/>
	<xsl:value-of select="."/>
</xsl:for-each>


> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Day [mailto:John.Day@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 September 2001 17:16
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] sorting results by date
> 
> 
> Is it possible to sort by an element with the following format:
> 
> 22-05-2001
> 
> This is of course a date and is one of three sets of data that I am
> trying to write to the browser. I want to sort this data by 
> the date in
> ascending order. I tried using the string() function and putting the
> result into a variable, then trying to sort via the variable, but I'm
> having no luck. The key is to separate the numbers and the hyphens,
> thereby sorting on the numbers alone.
> 
> Regards
> John
> 
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