How to date sort table

Question

Wikipedia Help:Sorting (section) says to use
! data-sort-type=isoDate | Date
| data-sort-value="1835-01-07" | January 7, 1835
I can't make it work

Thanks Darryl
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:Hancock_County%2C_Maine_Place_Study

Answer 1

Another G2G thread says that WikiTree table sort is limited to just alphanumeric (so no date sorting.)

However that same thread also identifies a workaround that would work on your table: Precede each of your dates with a hidden span containing the same date but in YYYY.MM.DD format. Then alphanumeric sort works and only the desired date format is visible.

e.g.

<span style="display:none">1831.02.04</span>February 4, 1831

Comments

That worked great!  Had to go back and fix a couple typos after the 1st edit.
Thank you very much!
Darryl

Answer 2

I believe WikiTree is still on Mediawiki v. 1.11.0 from 2007.

So Specifying a Sort Key is not available in that version.

Maybe try just sorting as usLongDate without the data-sort-values?

Answer 3

Looking at your example page it looks like the column sorting of wiki tables may not support a mixture of date formats in one column. Some of your dates in the main table have a comma and some (maybe just one) do not.

Comments

Good catch, However, after removing all the comma and some random spaces preceding the date it still failed to sort. Interesting that the simple table with just dates in multiple formats did sort correctly.  data-sort-type=isoDate | is supposed to allow support for mixed formats. Perhaps Joseph's comment about media wiki 1.11.0  explains why that does not work.
thanks for taking a peek
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