Re: Sorting GtkListStore date column

[Guy Rouillier <guyr-ml1 burntmail com>]

Chris Vine wrote:

> > > Obviously, I want to sort this in date sequence.  How do I accomplish
> > > this?  I searched the archives before posting and couldn't find anything
> > > applicable.  Thanks.
> >
> > You can sort on a hidden column in the list store (that is, one not
> > displayed in a tree view) which has, say, this format:  YYYYMMDDSS
>
>
> Sorry, that should of course be YYYYMMDDHHMMSS (expressed numerically).

Thanks, Chris and Fredderic for the suggestions.  Fredderic, gCvs is is 
a desktop GUI to manage CVS repositories, so the date range for listed 
files can span multiple years.  Hence, a day-of-the-week approach won't 
work.

I'll use the approach of storing the time_t corresponding to each 
displayed date in a hidden column, and use that hidden column as the 
sort column for the date column.  Out of curiosity, would it also be 
possible to do this in a single column by storing just the time_t, and 
using a custom renderer to transform the time_t value into a displayable 
string?  Is sorting done on the rendered text or on the underlying data?

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Guy Rouillier