# Win 7 Date Sorting Very Wrong
**URL:** https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 21, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827 "2009-08-21T22:09:34Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@nemo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nemo)
#### Post date: [August 21, 2009, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827/1 "2009-08-21T22:09:34Z")
So I just installed Win7 (I understand it may or may not be supported yet, but I wanted to bring it to the attention of the devs either way), and I create a new column (as I have on XP and Vista, which work fine) to sort my files by "Date Created." I have all my albums sorted in their own folders, but singles stay in a base directory, so I use the "Date Created" field to see the most recently added files so I can tag them.
Anyways, on to the problem: The "Date Created" is not sorting correctly. It's just, very wrong. A picture is worth a thousand words:
And yes, Explorer sorts properly. Any ideas? Also, I am using %\_file\_create\_datetime% to create the column.
edit: Note the position of the scroll bar, too. Clearly, the newest date is not at the top of the column ☹
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### Author:  [@dano](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/dano)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2009, 5:44am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827/2 "2009-08-22T05:44:17Z")
You must enter **%\_file\_create\_datetime\_raw%** in the **Sort by** field and also tick _Numeric [x]_
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### Author:  [@nemo](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/nemo)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2009, 10:49am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827/3 "2009-08-22T10:49:09Z")
Wow! That fixed it! Thanks! 
I was using %\_file\_create\_datetime% to sort by with the numeric field check. I feel like I set it the same exact way on Xp and Vista and it worked. Is it different on Win7 or was I just doing something wrong and I didn't notice?
Thanks again!
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### Author:  [@Florian](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/Florian)
#### Post date: [August 22, 2009, 11:10am UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827/4 "2009-08-22T11:10:40Z")
It behaves the same on all versions of Windows 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.mp3tag.de/u/system)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://community.mp3tag.de/t/win-7-date-sorting-very-wrong/8827/5 "2026-02-09T12:21:44Z")