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    Sorting a Column by Time

    Hello everyone,

    I am trying to sort a column so it'd be like a schedule the earliest time on top and latest on the bottom. I understand it is a form of custom listing but I am not quite sure what is the way to enter that list entry...attached is my excel spreadsheet I am currently working on.

    Thanks in advance.schedule.xlsx

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    Re: Sorting a Column by Time

    Why can not you use the sort function?

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    Re: Sorting a Column by Time

    My sort function doesn't seem to offer earliest time on top :S. It seems to have to be a formula or a custom entree.

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    Re: Sorting a Column by Time

    Those values in the second column are not times (numbers between 0.0 and 0.999...), they are string values
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    Re: Sorting a Column by Time

    Ah I see my bad, well is there a way to sort string values then ? :O

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    Re: Sorting a Column by Time

    The "time" column is not usable without a lot of surgery. You should redo it putting start and end times in separate columns.

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    Re: Sorting a Column by Time

    Heh, came to that conclusion after a lot of head banging. Should've been obvious. Thanks for the reply none the less.

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    Re: Sorting a Column by Time

    Add another help column to sort.
    C2
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    drag down. Use sort feature in column C.
    See attached.

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