On Fri, Aug 03, 2012 at 09:12:14AM +1000, li...@sbt.net.au wrote: > how could I date order sort on penultimate string to end up with date > ordered ? > > Job 1978924 (8) Ttt Pp 20-11-2012 Notes > Job 1923886 Ccc Pl 31-08-2012 Notes
That kind of thing is much easier done if dates are represented in the international standard format, ISO8601 ... yyyy-mm-dd Nick. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html