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Thoughts on sorting dates - techie stuff...
: The only way I could think to do a date range as sortable would be something like "2016/01/31 - 2016/02/02", as that date format allows sorting properly without special date-specific handling. --[[User:Danny252|Danny252]] ([[User talk:Danny252|talk]]) 15:23, 22 January 2017 (UTC)
:: Just giving the start date (or if preferred having two columns with 'from' and 'to') would mean you could use genuine dates in the column(s). The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Date Wikimedia date template] shows how to enter dates as <nowiki>{{date|2013-01-31}}</nowiki> or <nowiki>{{date|31 Jan 2013}}</nowiki> and have them appear as 31 Jan 2013. Those should then sort automatically. Makes entering data more long-winded, and we don't currently have that template (but could import it, Dan?).
:: Alternatively, if left as text there is some Wikimedia help on [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Sorting#Date_sorting_problems Date sorting problems] where you define the column as date-sortable, and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Sorting#Dates Tips and Tricks for sorting dates] using a date sorting template. Not sure if that approach is simpler or not.--[[User:Robin|Robin]] ([[User talk:Robin|talk]]) 17:31, 22 January 2017 (UTC)