Sorting Formula Generated Dates in a Table Excel 2013

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I have a table that is populated solely by formula. One of those columns is dates generated by formula from another table. I've discovered that bcuz the date column is formula getting data from another table I can't sort it even though excel does recognise the date column as dates. Both tables are dynamic and are updated with more information added. So I need to account for blank rows as well.

Is there a index match offset countif type formula that I can use to put the dates in another table in chronological order?
I found this at ExcelDemy but couldn't make it work. I've found nothing else: =IFERROR(INDEX($D$5:$D$11, MATCH(ROWS($D$10:D10), COUNTIF($D$5:$D$11, "<="&$D$5:$D$11), 0)), "")
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The data looks like this. The date is generated using this formula: =IF(D1<>"",IF(NUMBERVALUE(MID(D1,4,2))>=7,DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$A$1),DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$B$1)),"")
/22/23
1​
03/07 APPLES
03-07-22​
2​
10/07 ORANGES
10-07-22​
3​
20/07 CHERRIES
20-07-22​
4​
17/07 STRAWBERRIES
17-07-22​
5​
31/07 ORANGES
31-07-22​

I need the data in the new table to look like this:

/22/23
1​
03/07 APPLES
03-07-22​
2​
10/07 ORANGES
10-07-22​
4​
17/07 STRAWBERRIES
17-07-22​
3​
20/07 CHERRIES
20-07-22​
5​
31/07 ORANGES
31-07-22​
 

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1235.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1Table 1Table 2
2
322/23103/07 APPLES03-07-2222/23103/07 APPLES03-07-22
4210/07 ORANGES10-07-2200210/07 ORANGES10-07-22
5320/07 CHERRIES20-07-2200417/07 STRAWBERRIES17-07-22
6417/07 STRAWBERRIES17-07-2200320/07 CHERRIES20-07-22
7531/07 ORANGES31-07-2200531/07 ORANGES31-07-22
Sheet17
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
H3:L7H3=SORTBY(A3:E7,E3:E7,1)
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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Muhammad_Usman said:
1235.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJKL
1Table 1Table 2
2
322/23103/07 APPLES03-07-2222/23103/07 APPLES03-07-22
4210/07 ORANGES10-07-2200210/07 ORANGES10-07-22
5320/07 CHERRIES20-07-2200417/07 STRAWBERRIES17-07-22
6417/07 STRAWBERRIES17-07-2200320/07 CHERRIES20-07-22
7531/07 ORANGES31-07-2200531/07 ORANGES31-07-22
Sheet17
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
H3:L7H3=SORTBY(A3:E7,E3:E7,1)
Dynamic array formulas.
Click to expand...
Excel 2013 doesn't have any sort or filter formula
 
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1235.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJK
1Table 1Table 2
2
322/23103/07 APPLES7/3/202222/23103/07 APPLES7/3/2022
4210/07 ORANGES7/10/202200210/07 ORANGES7/10/2022
5320/07 CHERRIES7/20/202200417/07 STRAWBERRIES7/17/2022
6417/07 STRAWBERRIES7/17/202200320/07 CHERRIES7/20/2022
7531/07 ORANGES7/31/202200531/07 ORANGES7/31/2022
Sheet17
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G3:K7G3=INDEX($A$3:$E$7, MATCH(SMALL($E$3:$E$7, ROW(G3)-2), $E$3:$E$7, 0), COLUMN(A3:E3))
Dynamic array formulas.
 
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Muhammad_Usman said:
1235.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJK
1Table 1Table 2
2
322/23103/07 APPLES7/3/202222/23103/07 APPLES7/3/2022
4210/07 ORANGES7/10/202200210/07 ORANGES7/10/2022
5320/07 CHERRIES7/20/202200417/07 STRAWBERRIES7/17/2022
6417/07 STRAWBERRIES7/17/202200320/07 CHERRIES7/20/2022
7531/07 ORANGES7/31/202200531/07 ORANGES7/31/2022
Sheet17
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G3:K7G3=INDEX($A$3:$E$7, MATCH(SMALL($E$3:$E$7, ROW(G3)-2), $E$3:$E$7, 0), COLUMN(A3:E3))
Dynamic array formulas.
Click to expand...
can we talk this through:

This is a huge start. Thank you. This also handles duplicate dates, which is... AWESOME!!! May I trouble you one step further? Can I humbly request a single column instead of a dynamic array? Say just from teh date column?? I'm studying the formula now but am going a little slow. I've not had any experience with DAs. Pretty please? I need to be able to apply in other applications as well. I do understand multiple results though using match, index and offset, but in single columns rather than arrays.

I deeply appreciate both you responses and your absolute abundance of excel knowledge.
 
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BrerRabbit said:
can we talk this through:

This is a huge start. Thank you. This also handles duplicate dates, which is... AWESOME!!! May I trouble you one step further? Can I humbly request a single column instead of a dynamic array? Say just from teh date column?? I'm studying the formula now but am going a little slow. I've not had any experience with DAs. Pretty please? I need to be able to apply in other applications as well. I do understand multiple results though using match, index and offset, but in single columns rather than arrays.

I deeply appreciate both you responses and your absolute abundance of excel knowledge.
Click to expand...
Plus now the formula wont work.
 
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BrerRabbit said:
Can I humbly request a single column instead of a dynamic array? Say just from teh date column??
Click to expand...
What about something like this (col H)?
I have also included a shorter way you might like to consider for the dates in the original table (col F).

23 11 04.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1/22/23103/07 APPLES3/07/20223/07/20223/07/2022
222210/07 ORANGES10/07/202210/07/202210/07/2022
3320/07 CHERRIES20/07/202220/07/202217/07/2022
4417/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/202217/07/202220/07/2022
5531/07 ORANGES31/07/202231/07/202231/07/2022
6   
7   
8   
9   
10   
Sort Dates
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E1:E10E1=IF(D1<>"",IF(NUMBERVALUE(MID(D1,4,2))>=7,DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$A$1),DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$B$1)),"")
F1:F10F1=IF(D1="","",DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&"/"&A$2+(MID(D1,4,2)-6<0)))
H1:H10H1=IFERROR(AGGREGATE(15,6,E$1:E$6,ROWS(H$1:H1)),"")


If you did want to sort both columns of the table ..

23 11 04.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1/22/23103/07 APPLES3/07/202203/07 APPLES3/07/2022
222210/07 ORANGES10/07/202210/07 ORANGES10/07/2022
3320/07 CHERRIES20/07/202217/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/2022
4417/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/202220/07 CHERRIES20/07/2022
5531/07 ORANGES31/07/202231/07 ORANGES31/07/2022
6   
7   
8   
9   
10   
Sort Dates (2)
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G1:G10G1=IF(H1="","",INDEX(D:D,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW(D$1:D$10)/(E$1:E$10=H1),COUNTIF(H$1:H1,H1))))
H1:H10H1=IFERROR(AGGREGATE(15,6,E$1:E$6,ROWS(H$1:H1)),"")
E1:E10E1=IF(D1<>"",IF(NUMBERVALUE(MID(D1,4,2))>=7,DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$A$1),DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$B$1)),"")
 
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Muhammad_Usman said:
1235.xlsm
ABCDEFGHIJK
1Table 1Table 2
2
322/23103/07 APPLES7/3/202222/23103/07 APPLES7/3/2022
4210/07 ORANGES7/10/202200210/07 ORANGES7/10/2022
5320/07 CHERRIES7/20/202200417/07 STRAWBERRIES7/17/2022
6417/07 STRAWBERRIES7/17/202200320/07 CHERRIES7/20/2022
7531/07 ORANGES7/31/202200531/07 ORANGES7/31/2022
Sheet17
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G3:K7G3=INDEX($A$3:$E$7, MATCH(SMALL($E$3:$E$7, ROW(G3)-2), $E$3:$E$7, 0), COLUMN(A3:E3))
Dynamic array formulas.
Click to expand...
THANK YOU. I'm yelling this from the roof tops. I'm deeply grateful. You are a steely eyed missile man ("The Martian" quote).
 
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Peter_SSs said:
What about something like this (col H)?
I have also included a shorter way you might like to consider for the dates in the original table (col F).

23 11 04.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1/22/23103/07 APPLES3/07/20223/07/20223/07/2022
222210/07 ORANGES10/07/202210/07/202210/07/2022
3320/07 CHERRIES20/07/202220/07/202217/07/2022
4417/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/202217/07/202220/07/2022
5531/07 ORANGES31/07/202231/07/202231/07/2022
6   
7   
8   
9   
10   
Sort Dates
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E1:E10E1=IF(D1<>"",IF(NUMBERVALUE(MID(D1,4,2))>=7,DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$A$1),DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$B$1)),"")
F1:F10F1=IF(D1="","",DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&"/"&A$2+(MID(D1,4,2)-6<0)))
H1:H10H1=IFERROR(AGGREGATE(15,6,E$1:E$6,ROWS(H$1:H1)),"")


If you did want to sort both columns of the table ..

23 11 04.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1/22/23103/07 APPLES3/07/202203/07 APPLES3/07/2022
222210/07 ORANGES10/07/202210/07 ORANGES10/07/2022
3320/07 CHERRIES20/07/202217/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/2022
4417/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/202220/07 CHERRIES20/07/2022
5531/07 ORANGES31/07/202231/07 ORANGES31/07/2022
6   
7   
8   
9   
10   
Sort Dates (2)
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G1:G10G1=IF(H1="","",INDEX(D:D,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW(D$1:D$10)/(E$1:E$10=H1),COUNTIF(H$1:H1,H1))))
H1:H10H1=IFERROR(AGGREGATE(15,6,E$1:E$6,ROWS(H$1:H1)),"")
E1:E10E1=IF(D1<>"",IF(NUMBERVALUE(MID(D1,4,2))>=7,DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$A$1),DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$B$1)),"")
Click to expand...
I didn't even see this!! That works too!! Thank you.
 
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Peter_SSs said:
What about something like this (col H)?
I have also included a shorter way you might like to consider for the dates in the original table (col F).

23 11 04.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1/22/23103/07 APPLES3/07/20223/07/20223/07/2022
222210/07 ORANGES10/07/202210/07/202210/07/2022
3320/07 CHERRIES20/07/202220/07/202217/07/2022
4417/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/202217/07/202220/07/2022
5531/07 ORANGES31/07/202231/07/202231/07/2022
6   
7   
8   
9   
10   
Sort Dates
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
E1:E10E1=IF(D1<>"",IF(NUMBERVALUE(MID(D1,4,2))>=7,DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$A$1),DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$B$1)),"")
F1:F10F1=IF(D1="","",DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&"/"&A$2+(MID(D1,4,2)-6<0)))
H1:H10H1=IFERROR(AGGREGATE(15,6,E$1:E$6,ROWS(H$1:H1)),"")


If you did want to sort both columns of the table ..

23 11 04.xlsm
ABCDEFGH
1/22/23103/07 APPLES3/07/202203/07 APPLES3/07/2022
222210/07 ORANGES10/07/202210/07 ORANGES10/07/2022
3320/07 CHERRIES20/07/202217/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/2022
4417/07 STRAWBERRIES17/07/202220/07 CHERRIES20/07/2022
5531/07 ORANGES31/07/202231/07 ORANGES31/07/2022
6   
7   
8   
9   
10   
Sort Dates (2)
Cell Formulas
RangeFormula
G1:G10G1=IF(H1="","",INDEX(D:D,AGGREGATE(15,6,ROW(D$1:D$10)/(E$1:E$10=H1),COUNTIF(H$1:H1,H1))))
H1:H10H1=IFERROR(AGGREGATE(15,6,E$1:E$6,ROWS(H$1:H1)),"")
E1:E10E1=IF(D1<>"",IF(NUMBERVALUE(MID(D1,4,2))>=7,DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$A$1),DATEVALUE(LEFT(D1,5)&$B$1)),"")
Click to expand...
Would that work if there were two dates that were the same ie 10/07 Bananas?
 
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