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Dr J R Stockton

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From: Dr J R Stockton <reply0...@merlyn.demon.co.uk>

Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:11:43 +0000

Local: Sun, Nov 1 2009 5:11 pm

Subject: Re: Sorting files by month

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In microsoft.public.scripting.vbscript message <0865DB3F-4E20-46B1-9495-
1DAEE383C...@microsoft.com>, Sat, 31 Oct 2009 11:10:01, Ed
<E...@discussions.microsoft.com> posted:

>How would you write a script to sort files by month. For example a file named
>January 1, February 13, March 27, etc. I have a folder that has files in it
>with a daily log for each day. Each file is called Aug. 1, 09; Aug. 2, 09,
>etc., Sept. 1, Oct. 1, 09. How would I sort them by month, day, year. Please
>be detail with answer since I am new to scripting. Any where can I get more
>info.

I would do it mainly by pressing keys.

Such programming tasks are much easier if dates (and times) are all
given in ISO 8601 form ; it is at present 2009-11-01 17:11 GMT.

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