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doug-55
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Jan 15, 2021
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Convert dates to birthday list

Does anyone know how to take a list of birthdays that are formatted for year and sort them by month and day? I've tried every permutation of reformatting and sorting in Excel and it always sorts by y...
  • HansVogelaar's avatar
    Jan 15, 2021

    doug-55 

    Let's say the birth dates are in D2 and down.

    In an empty column next to the data, enter MonthDay in row 1.

    Enter the following formula in row 2:

     

    =TEXT(D2,"mmdd")

     

    Fill down.

    Sort on the MonthDay column.

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