Re: GTK2::TreeView column with sortable date column

[Matthew Braid <ptkperl mdb id au>]

I'm not sure if this is feasible for your setup, but why not just have
a second, hidden column with the numerical form of the date and tell
your 'stringy date' column to sort via it?

That's what I've got for one of my apps - otherwise you have to
convert all your rows to a numeric form every time you sort anyway.

On 10 February 2010 12:16, 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.
>
> Thanks in advance.
> Michael
>
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