Re: [SQL] How to sort date

On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Zhenhua wrote:

> How do I order by date such as
> select * order by thedate?
>
> The prefered date format for thedate:
> March 5, 1999.

Dates are stored in a different format than how they are displayed. You
can sort on dates, or compare dates with =, >, <, etc., to determine which
dates are earlier than others, which are concurrent, and so on.  Try doing
a date ordering and see what you get.

Brett W. McCoy
                                        http://www.lan2wan.com/~bmccoy/
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