Re: Power Query Sorting by Date not sorting correctly Ah - funny, but I had something like this myself the other day. The dates range from 2015 to 2018 off all months, weeks and days. 30/12/2015 30/12/2014 30/11/2016 30/11/2015 30/11/2014 30/10/2016 Sorting Dates in Ascending or Descending Order. To fix Excel unable to change date format issue, just follow the steps given below. The cells are formatted as "Short Date" and the cell inputs appear to be correct. Solution: Make sure that your system’s date and time settings (both Short time and Long time) matches the date format in the date_text argument. All of the cells contain formulas because these are the calculation sheets for a dashboard I'm building. When I toggle the 'Sort Oldest to Newest' in the pivot table, my dates seem to be sorted alphabetically. Under the Data tab, I selected 'text to columns' and selected the 'Delimited' box, I hit next and finish. What you have to do is clear all filters from the table in Excel in order that the PQ filter settings carry through to it. When I filter from newest to oldest, it sorts the entries in the following order. Problem: The date is not between January 1, 1990 and December 31, 9999 Sort('TableName', "Date Completed", SortOrder.Descending) No matter what I do it will not sort by the Column "Date Completed" in a descending order. My Pivot Table aren't sorting my dates chronologically. Date … I have tried: 1) click the column and select SORT (oldest to newest) 2) Added the date column to the VAlues (as a number), Click it and selected Sort 3) Added a new column that is the same for all rows, and then selected --> Sort --> More Sort Options --> Ascending by Finish Date None of these worked for me. At first, press the Window + R button to open the Run dialog box; Then type Regedit and then press the OK button This sorts the data with the earliest or latest date starting first, depending on your preference. Here are some reasons why your Excel filter may not be working. When I select the columns go to DATA > SORT > Column e ascending it sorts up until line 30 or so then it just does the willy nilly thing. All dates has come from the same source spreadsheet and the Marco … Sort an Excel list into numerical, date or alphabetical order to organise your data into a more useful arrangement. Excel table with formulas won't sort properly I have a formatted table and want to sort the data by one of the columns. Some of the dates are not grouping e.g. The easiest way to sort data in Microsoft Excel by date is to sort it in chronological (or reverse chronological) order. I am not able to sort the pivot table by a date field (Finish Date). But the same formula will display the correct value when the system's date and time is set to dd/mm/yyyy format. I have created a work book with 3 years worth of information. I highlighted the column with all my dates. Here is what worked for me. I am assuming something is wrong but not … For some reason recently the dates aren't filtering correctly. Hello all, I am working with a 5 column/35 line spreadsheet and need to sort the contents by date (column E). Although it didn't seem like anything changed, Excel now read the column as dates and I was able to sort by dates. Excel filter just not working properly or as you would like it to? I cannot figure out why this simple … 15/03/2018 is loose underneath the 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2015 collapsible boxes. The advanced section under the data portion to the right has a yellow triangle at the bottom of it too. I have made sure that the column is formatted for date (ex format>cells>DATE>03/01/05). 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