While creating a repository of information it is important to organize that data well. When you arrange your data properly, you avoid confusion and mistake while using the info later on. Microsoft Excel is a popular and one of the oldest applications for storing data and records. The app has many in-built functions that help in properly arranging huge volumes of data. One of those is the sorting function which we will discuss in this guide. I have explained how to sort by date on Excel using two easy methods.
You can sort data chronologically in both ascending and descending order. Alternatively, you can sort by months as well. A part of data with certain months can be grouped. Basically, you have to set the dates as a reference point. let’s get into the guide and check out all the methods in detail.
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Sort by Date in Microsoft Excel
We will start by trying to sort by date chronologically.
Chronologically Sorting
The sorting happens with the latest date or earliest date in the record as a reference point. You can use any one of both.
- Open a workbook on Microsoft
- Select the rows of data that you want to sort
- You can even choose the entire dataset on the workbook by pressing Ctrl + A
- Then in the menu bar click on the Home tab
- Under that navigate to the far-right corner to see an option Sort & Filter. Click on it
- There will be two kinds of sorting Sort Oldest to Newest and Sort Newest to Oldest
