sorting/ordering a column by day of the week

i am making a spreadsheet of a weekly schedule, so i need to be able to sort
and order a column not by day AND date (wednesday, January 8, 2010), but
simply by day of the week. in 'format cells,' there is no such capacity, and
when i sort ascending, it gives me the days in alphabetical order and not in
day of the week order. does anyone know how to get excel to order a column
from monday to friday (or sunday to saturday)? thanks so much,
--
Laura

Use a helper column. If dates are in col. A, use:

=WEEKDAY(A2,3)

and fill down. Then sort ascending based on this new
column.

HTH
Jason
Atlanta, GA

>-----Original Message-----
>i am making a spreadsheet of a weekly schedule, so i
need to be able to sort
>and order a column not by day AND date (wednesday,
January 8, 2010), but
>simply by day of the week. in 'format cells,' there is
no such capacity, and
>when i sort ascending, it gives me the days in
alphabetical order and not in
>day of the week order. does anyone know how to get excel
to order a column
>from monday to friday (or sunday to saturday)? thanks so
much,
>--
>Laura
>.
>

You would need a help column, assume the dates are in column A starting in A2
in for instance B2 put

=WEEKDAY(A2,2)


copy down, select both and sort by B descending, will group all Mondays,
Tuesdays and so on


Regards,

Peo Sjoblom

"Laura" wrote:

> i am making a spreadsheet of a weekly schedule, so i need to be able to sort
> and order a column not by day AND date (wednesday, January 8, 2010), but
> simply by day of the week. in 'format cells,' there is no such capacity, and
> when i sort ascending, it gives me the days in alphabetical order and not in
> day of the week order. does anyone know how to get excel to order a column
> from monday to friday (or sunday to saturday)? thanks so much,
> --
> Laura

Another option:
If you format your dates as days-Custom number format dddd.
Then, you can Sort by Days in this way:
Data | Sort | Options
Change the first key sort order to the days of the week spelled out.

This will also work if you've type Monday, Tuesday, etc. instead of storing
dates.

tj

"Laura" wrote:

> i am making a spreadsheet of a weekly schedule, so i need to be able to sort
> and order a column not by day AND date (wednesday, January 8, 2010), but
> simply by day of the week. in 'format cells,' there is no such capacity, and
> when i sort ascending, it gives me the days in alphabetical order and not in
> day of the week order. does anyone know how to get excel to order a column
> from monday to friday (or sunday to saturday)? thanks so much,
> --
> Laura

beautiful... thank you all for your help! this has been driving me crazy at
work for a long time! -L

"tjtjjtjt" wrote:

> Another option:
> If you format your dates as days-Custom number format dddd.
> Then, you can Sort by Days in this way:
> Data | Sort | Options
> Change the first key sort order to the days of the week spelled out.
>
> This will also work if you've type Monday, Tuesday, etc. instead of storing
> dates.
>
> tj
>
> "Laura" wrote:
>
> > i am making a spreadsheet of a weekly schedule, so i need to be able to sort
> > and order a column not by day AND date (wednesday, January 8, 2010), but
> > simply by day of the week. in 'format cells,' there is no such capacity, and
> > when i sort ascending, it gives me the days in alphabetical order and not in
> > day of the week order. does anyone know how to get excel to order a column
> > from monday to friday (or sunday to saturday)? thanks so much,
> > --
> > Laura