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Date and Time Column not Sorting
Bogdanofff Can you show us the screenshots of list view settings and the rendered list view with out of order date values?
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So this view is from looking at all items and filtering the Meeting Date & Time Column by 12/22/2021. The last two entries for some reason won't sort in order. I know there are a lot of variables at play but I'm not sure if this is just limitation brought on by filtering a column. Even after clicking sort by ascending or descending for that column it remains in the same order. I have tried deleting the entries and reentering them using the Calendar and Clock and they still won't sort.
A work around for now was creating a calculated column that reads the Meeting Date & Time column and converts the value from 12/21/2021 2:15 PM to 12/21/21 1415. I then sorted by this calculated column and things are in order.
Here is the formula used: =TEXT([Meeting Time]," mm/dd/yy hhmm.
Lastly, just to be sure, I created an index for the Meeting Date & Time column just to be sure things were not bugging out due to the list size. I also referenced this Microsoft doc: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/manage-large-lists-and-libraries-b8588dae-9387-48c2-9248-c24122f07c59?ui=en-us&rs=en-us&ad=us
Bogdanofff Did you apply sorting on any other column in same list? If not, I think this is a bug from Microsoft side and you should report it to them by raising support ticket from admin center.
Btw, nice workaround to create calculated column and apply sorting on it.
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Sorry for the delay but I was away from the Office! I think you are right.
No other columns were being sorted. Now this happened while on a custom view with a Ascending Sort on the Date & Time column while filtering by date. A lot of things happening.
This workaround has held up for the user but it must be bug or something