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Category:
   LIST

Description:
   Sorts a list by treating each item as a date

Parameters:

1. list (List, required)
          The list you are working with.
   
   
2. delimeter (String, Default: ,)
          the list delimeter
   
   

Returns:
       (List) A list object with items sorted by date

Requires:
       dateToNumber(), dateFromNumber()

Sample Use:
       

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/*#depends: dateToNumber,dateFromNumber#*/
function listSortDates(list){
	var delimiter = ",";
	var loop = 0;
	var loop2 = 0;
	var sortedList = "";
	var date = "";
	var tempDate = "";
	var pos = 0;
	var tempArray = arrayNew(1);
	if (ArrayLen(arguments) gte 2)delimiter = arguments[2];
	tempArray = listToArray(list,delimiter);
	for (loop = 1; loop lte arrayLen(tempArray); loop = IncrementValue(loop))tempArray[loop] = server.dateToNumber(tempArray[loop]);
	arraySort(tempArray,"numeric","asc");
	for (loop = 1; loop lte arrayLen(tempArray); loop = IncrementValue(loop))tempArray[loop] = server.dateFromNumber(tempArray[loop]);
	sortedList = arrayToList(tempArray);
	return sortedList;
};
// http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=32&function=listSortDates

/*#depends: dateToNumber,dateFromNumber#*/ function listSortDates(list){ var delimiter = ","; var loop = 0; var loop2 = 0; var sortedList = ""; var date = ""; var tempDate = ""; var pos = 0; var tempArray = arrayNew(1); if (ArrayLen(arguments) gte 2)delimiter = arguments[2]; tempArray = listToArray(list,delimiter); for (loop = 1; loop lte arrayLen(tempArray); loop = IncrementValue(loop))tempArray[loop] = server.dateToNumber(tempArray[loop]); arraySort(tempArray,"numeric","asc"); for (loop = 1; loop lte arrayLen(tempArray); loop = IncrementValue(loop))tempArray[loop] = server.dateFromNumber(tempArray[loop]); sortedList = arrayToList(tempArray); return sortedList; }; // http://www.programmers.org/index.php/coldfusion-udf-library/?ckey=32&function=listSortDates