Re: GTK2::TreeView column with sortable date column

[Dave M <dave nerd gmail com>]

On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 8:16 PM, MICHAEL MCGINN <mmcginn rogers com> wrote:
> I've implemented a TreeView which works well. One of the many columns is a
> standard format alphanumeric date column.
>
> I'm looking for advice on how to sort a TreeView column that contains dates;
> where the date is formatted (ex: Tue Feb 9, 8:58pm 2010) in a fairly typical
> alphanumeric string.
>
> An alpha sort is obviously not correct when looking at date information.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to implement an ascending/descending "date" sort
> of a TreeView column which contains dates?
>
> I know I can easily convert to a completely numeric date but I'd rather not.
Not sure if this will help or not... but I had to do something similar
recently. I did away with trying to sort by the string itself, and
sorted instead by timestamp (-M) in an orcish maneuver. That might be
something you can do instead.

Dave M