Sort files that have random dates in the file name

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Sort files that have random dates in the file name

Postby bisherbas » Wed Feb 07, 2018 12:13 am

Doc1_Dec_1_17
Doc2_December_14_2017
Doc3_Jun_5_2015
Doc4_Mar_22_16

etc.
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Re: Sort files that have random dates in the file name

Postby therube » Wed Feb 07, 2018 1:44 am

Sort how, alphabetically?
Looks to be that way already ;-).

Do the file name "dates" have any correlation to the file modified date?
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Re: Sort files that have random dates in the file name

Postby bisherbas » Wed Feb 07, 2018 3:38 am

No that was an example list. Sort by date. Need to develop an algorithm to recognize the letter/numerical month, day, and year. Convert to a standard format like 20180206 in the background and then sort by date.

End result should be

Doc4_Mar_22_16
Doc3_Jun_5_2015
Doc1_Dec_1_17
Doc2_December_14_2017

Mar (03), Jun (06), Dec (12)
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