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My problem is simple but I can't find a solution,

I have 4 folders that i want to organize in the format of mm-dd-yyyy for example the folders are

02-26-2007
01-01-2008
01-07-2008
02-27-2008

when I try to sort the folders by any combination it keeps going to the following order

01-01-2008
01-07-2008
02-26-2007
02-27-2008

no matter what I do I cannot fix this, i understand it shows the same month but it's different years so shouldn't 2007 be before 2008 if anyone has any solutions i am all ears, I am running windows 7 32bit home edition

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Member Avatar for arexliu

just make the year in the front, month in the middle and date is last, such as 2008-01-01

Member Avatar for Xyzyxx

The reason for this is that Windows alphabetizes the folders, starting with the first characters in the name.

Member Avatar for JorgeM

If you want to organize by date, try yyyy-mm-dd

Member Avatar for spudly1987

Thank you everyone for your assistance,

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