# Sorting files by date

**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-files-by-date/4752
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [April 16, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-files-by-date/4752 "2007-04-16T20:44:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![chelman](https://community.mp3tag.de/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/77aa72/32.png) [@chelman](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/chelman)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-files-by-date/4752/1 "2007-04-16T20:44:26Z")

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It seems that sorting files by date doesn't return files in logical order, Is there any consideration or assumption to be made when sorting by date?

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### Author: ![Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/user_avatar/community.mp3tag.de/sebastian_mares/32/9285_2.png) [@Sebastian\_Mares](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Sebastian_Mares)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2007, 9:58am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-files-by-date/4752/2 "2007-04-17T09:58:57Z")

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You have to use %\_file\_mod\_datetime\_raw% or %\_file\_create\_datetime\_raw% for sorting.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.mp3tag.de/uploads/default/original/2X/c/ce7035d426cb755a7916793326d23b465222a407.png) [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/sorting-files-by-date/4752/3 "2026-02-09T12:20:15Z")

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