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This script will sort an array of dates with the month spelled out. It is done by converting the date into a more manageable format.

The JavaScript Source: Forms: Date Sorter
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  <BODY>     <form name=Date> <table border=0 width=525> <tr><th colspan=3> Date Sorter </th></tr> <tr><td width=175 align=middle> Scrammbled dates<br> <textarea cols=15 rows=10 name=Start></textarea> </td><td align=middle width=175> <input type=button value="Sort ascending" onclick="Sort('old')"><br><br> <input type=button value="Sort descending" onclick="Sort('new')"> </td><td width=175 align=middle> Sorted Dates<br> <textarea cols=15 rows=10 name=Sorted></textarea> </td></tr> </table> </form> <script> // #### DateSorter v1.0 // #### by Patrick Lewis // #### www.PatrickLewis.net // Sample Dates StartDates = new Array( "Sep 18, 2003", "Jun 5, 2001", "Aug 27, 2003", "Dec 22, 2002", "Aug 9, 2001", "May 31, 2002", "Sep 26, 2003", "Apr 26, 2001", "Sep 9, 2003" ); Sign = new Array(); Sign["new"] = ">"; Sign["old"] = "<"; months=new Array("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"); function ConvertDate(DT){ // Date format should be "MMM DD, YYYY" M = DT.substring(0,DT.indexOf(" ")); D = DT.substring(DT.indexOf(" ")+1,DT.indexOf(",")); Y = DT.substring(DT.lastIndexOf(" ")+1,DT.length); if (D.length == 1) {D = "0"+D;} for (l=0;l<12;l++) { if (months[l] == M) {M = l+1; break;} } if (M < 10) {M = "0"+M;} return Y+""+M+""+D; } function Sort(How){ for (z=0;z<StartDates.length-1;z++) { for (y=0;y<(StartDates.length-(z+1));y++) { if ( eval(ConvertDate(StartDates[y+1])+ Sign[How] +ConvertDate(StartDates[y])) ) { temp=StartDates[y+1]; StartDates[y+1] = StartDates[y]; StartDates[y]=temp; } } } // Load Sorted dates into textarea document.Date.Sorted.value = ""; for (x=0;x<StartDates.length;x++) { document.Date.Sorted.value += StartDates[x]+"\r\n"; } } // Load Sample dates into textarea document.Date.Start.value = ""; for (x=0;x<StartDates.length;x++) { document.Date.Start.value += StartDates[x]+"\r\n"; } </script> <p><center> <font face="arial, helvetica" size"-2">Free JavaScripts provided<br> by <a href="http://javascriptsource.com">The JavaScript Source</a></font> </center><p> 
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