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 How to sort date by month ignoring year in Google sheets?

Author: Xiaoyang Last Modified: 2024-09-24

Actually, the Sort feature in Google sheets can sort the date cells by year, but, sometimes, you need to sort the dates by month ignoring year. The Sort feature does not support this work. This article, I will talk about some useful ways for solving this task in Google sheet.

Sort date by month ignoring year in Google sheets with formula

Sort date by month ignoring year in Microsoft Excel with Kutools for Excel

Sort date by month ignoring year in Google sheets with formula

The following formula can help you to sort dates by month ignoring year, please do as this:

1. Enter this formula: =ARRAYFORMULA(SORT( A2:A, MONTH(A2:A) , TRUE)) into a blank cell where you want to put the result, see screenshot:

apply a formula to sort by month in Google sheets

2. And then press Enter key, the dates in Column A has been sorted by month immediately in Column C, see screenshot：

press Enter key to get the sorted result

Sort date by month ignoring year in Microsoft Excel with Kutools for Excel

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After installing Kutools for Excel, please do as this:

1. Select the date column that you want to sort, and then click Kutools Plus > Advanced Sort, see screenshot:

click Advanced Sort feature of kutools

2. In the Advanced Sort dialog box, select the column name that you want to sort by, and then choose Month from the Sort On drop down list, at last, select a sort order as you need, see screenshot:

specify options in the dialog box

3. Then click Ok button, the dates in Column A has been sorted by month ignoring year as following screenshot shown：

the dates are sorted by month ignoring year

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