On 4 May 2006 at 18:29, Dennis Kowallek wrote: > On Thu, 4 May 2006 23:12:47 +0100, "Mary Young" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >I exported to CSV and sorted on > >birth+location field. Great, now I have the pairs together. But I > >guess the field is just text, so > >15 Jan 1900 precedes 23 Jan 1820. > >Is there a workaround? > > Did you import the CSV into a spreadsheet? If so, have you tried telling > the spreadsheet that the column contains a date?
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