Brian Dunning's FileMaker Custom Functions

DateToSortableText ( thedate )

Returns a sortable textual representation of a date value

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  Sample input:
DateToSortableText ( Get ( CurrentDate ) )
  Sample output:
20050530 (if today is May 30, 2005)

  Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Returns a sortable textual representation of a date value.
To text-sort dates, you will have to place the biggest unit (year) first,
followed by the month an day.
This will result in textvalues that will sort correctly, for instance
in a portal-sort solution.

Syntax: DateToSortableText ( thedate )
Return type: Text

 

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Ryan Tayco   Ryan Tayco
Nov 17, 2021
/*-------------------------------------------------------
Returns a sortable textual representation of a date value.
To text-sort dates, you will have to place the biggest unit (year) first,
followed by the month an day.
This will result in textvalues that will sort correctly, for instance
in a portal-sort solution.

Syntax: DateToSortableText ( thedate )
Return type: Text

DateToSortableText ( Get ( CurrentDate ) ) returns "20050530"
if today is May 30, 2005

Author - Theo Ros
----------------------------------------------------------
Version: 2
Version Description: Added fix for Timestamp

Edited By: Ryan Tayco
Date: November 17, 2021
----------------------------------------------------------*/
Let ([
~date = Year ( thedate ) & Right ( "00" & Month ( thedate ) ; 2 ) & Right ( "00" & Day ( thedate ) ; 2 );
~time = Right ( "00" & Hour ( TimeFormatAs ( thedate ; 24 ) ) ; 2 ) & Right ( "00" & Minute ( thedate ) ; 2 ) & Right ( "00" & Seconds ( thedate ) ; 2 )
];

~date & ~time

)
 

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