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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: Agenda TODO sorting by date
Date: Fri, 02 Mar 2012 21:48:42 -0500
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James Harkins <jamshark70@gmail.com> writes:

> Given this:
>
> * Category 1
> ** TODO First todo in file <2012-03-30 Fri>				:Tag:
> ** TODO Second todo in file <2012-03-29 Thu>				:Tag:
> * Category 2
> ** TODO Third todo in file <2012-03-28 Wed>				:Tag:
> ** TODO Fourth todo in file <2012-03-31 Sat>				:Tag:
>
> I do C-c a < M Tag <ret> and get:
>
> Headlines with TAGS match: Tag
> Press `C-u r' to search again with new search string
>   todo_sort:  TODO First todo in file <2012-03-30 Fri>                     :Tag:
>   todo_sort:  TODO Second todo in file <2012-03-29 Thu>                    :Tag:
>   todo_sort:  TODO Third todo in file <2012-03-28 Wed>                     :Tag:
>   todo_sort:  TODO Fourth todo in file <2012-03-31 Sat>                    :Tag:
>
> I want to configure a custom agenda command so that I get:
>
> Headlines with TAGS match: Tag
> Press `C-u r' to search again with new search string
>   todo_sort:  TODO Third todo in file <2012-03-28 Wed>                     :Tag:
>   todo_sort:  TODO Second todo in file <2012-03-29 Thu>                    :Tag:
>   todo_sort:  TODO First todo in file <2012-03-30 Fri>                     :Tag:
>   todo_sort:  TODO Fourth todo in file <2012-03-31 Sat>                    :Tag:
>
> How do I do this?

You could write a custom sorting function that parses out the date from
the heading and compares them.  There may be a better way to do this
that I'm not aware of for this.

Set this function up in org-agenda-cmp-user-defined and
org-agenda-sorting-strategy to get the results you want.

HTH,
Bernt