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From: Bastien <bzg@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Get the maximum date within a list of dates
Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2013 08:00:57 +0100
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Hi Truong,

Truong Ha <truonghatsts@outlook.com> writes:

> How can I get the maximum date within rows of dates in the table?
>
> |    Amount | Date             |
> +-----------+------------------+
> |       158 | <2013-12-01 Sun> |
> |       148 | <2013-12-02 Mon> |
> |       105 | <2013-12-03 Tue> |
> |       421 | <2013-12-08 Sun> |
> |        40 | <2013-12-10 Tue> |
> |       125 | <2013-12-11 Wed> |
> |        50 | <2013-12-12 Thu> |
> |        83 | <2013-12-13 Fri> |
> |       116 | <2013-12-14 Sat> |
> |        55 | <2013-12-15 Sun> |
> |        90 | <2013-12-16 Mon> |
> |       187 | <2013-12-17 Tue> |
> |        96 | <2013-12-18 Wed> |
> |        86 | <2013-12-19 Thu> |
> |        90 | <2013-12-20 Fri> |
> |       135 | <2013-12-21 Sat> |
> |        23 | <2013-12-22 Sun> |

Put your cursor in @2$2 then C-c ^ T to sort by "reversed" date
(oldest last).

HTH,

-- 
 Bastien