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This How.com.vn teaches you how to sort a group of dates in the Google Sheets app for iPhone and iPad.
Steps
Open Google Sheets. It's the app with the icon that resembles a green document with a table in the middle.- If you don't have the Google Sheets app you can download it from the App Store and sign in with your username and password.
Open a Google Sheets document. Tap an existing Google Sheets document associated with your account to open it.- You can also tap to create a new blank spreadsheet.
- You can also tap
Select a range of cells with dates. Select any additional cells you want to sort with the dates. Dates should be typed in mm/dd/yyyy format. You can select a range of cells in several ways:- Tap the letter at the top of a column to select an entire column.
- Tap the numbers to the left to select an entire row.
- Tap the empty gray cell in the top-left corner to select the entire sheet.
- Tap a specific cell, then drag the blue dot (handle) in the corner to expand the selection.
Tap ⋯. It's the three-dot icon in the top-right corner. This opens a drop-down menu.
Tap Create a filer. It's near the middle of the drop-down menu, just under the "Explore" option.- If you manually selected your range of cells by dragging the selection earlier, the top-most cell will be designated the filter's title and will not be sorted.
Tap the green triangle. It's the green triangle icon with three lines above the dates. This will open the filter menu.
Tap a sorting option. Tap one of the following sorting options under the "Sort and filter" menu:- A→Z: This will sort the dates in chronological order (oldest dates to newest dates).
- Z→A: This will sort the dates in reverse-chronological order (newest dates to oldest dates).
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1. Open Google Sheets.
2. Open a Google Sheets document.
3. Select a range of cells that include dates.
4. Tap ⋯
5. Tap Create a filter.
6. Tap the green triangle icon above the dates.
7. Tap A→Z, or Z→A under Sort and filter.
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