Symptoms

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When sorting the date field within a list, the sort seems to be looking at the first character rather than sorting it in chronological order

 

Release

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All releases

 

 

Cause

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This is caused by the dictionary entry for that date field set to a string type rather than a date type.

 

Resolution

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Navigate to the dictionary entry of that date field and ensure it is configured as a date type field.