# Is there an alternative to 'Sort by Date'?

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-an-alternative-to-sort-by-date/943>\
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**Created:** [October 6, 2019, 4:47pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-an-alternative-to-sort-by-date/943 "2019-10-06T16:47:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![George\_B](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/george_b/32/534_2.png) [@George\_B](https://community.glideapps.com/u/George_B)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2019, 5:13pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/is-there-an-alternative-to-sort-by-date/943/2 "2019-10-06T17:13:33Z")

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Just create a column along side your date column called whatever you want, maybe DateString. Then in the app sort by that column. Here is a picture of what it would look like

 ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/glideapps/original/1X/eb3fde45af239144e04cd1dff192d0265cc3340f.png)

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