# Sort by timestamp not working correctly **URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/sort-by-timestamp-not-working-correctly/913 **Category:** Report a Bug **Created:** [October 5, 2019, 5:32pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sort-by-timestamp-not-working-correctly/913 "2019-10-05T17:32:39Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 4
### Author: ![Jeff\_Hager](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/jeff_hager/32/43_2.png) [@Jeff\_Hager](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Jeff_Hager) #### Post date: [October 5, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sort-by-timestamp-not-working-correctly/913/4 "2019-10-05T18:55:32Z")
Here are a couple threads that might help explain what’s happening. You are attempting to sort a timestamp, but that’s not how glide sees. Even though it’s mostly numbers, it’s till just text to glide. Sorts happen left to right, so no matter what, 1 comes before 2. Doesn’t matter if it’s a month, day, or year. It’s just sorting by individual character by character. The reverse order may be working for now, but remember that we just went from September (9) to October (10). Glide is comparing the 1 and the 9 first. > [@Multiple Sorts with Date](https://community.glideapps.com/t/multiple-sorts-with-date/446/3): > > How is your date formatted in your extra column? Only YYYYMMDD is going to work properly. I think it’s Text(%date%, YYYYMMDD) You also need to pad spaces so each column, concated together, has a consistent width. > [@Sort Inline list by number value](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sort-inline-list-by-number-value/807): > > Currently, the “Sort” function in Inline list sorts by alphanumeric list, and there is no option to sort via numbers. For example, this list: 3 5 2 1 14 24 Will be sorted as: 1 14 2 24 3 5 But, I would like the option to sort via numbers, so it will look like this: 1 2 3 5 14 24 --- _[View the full topic](https://community.glideapps.com/t/sort-by-timestamp-not-working-correctly/913)._