I am a noob that has come looking for sage advice. Here is the data that I am trying to work with.

RRsnap02  2013-07-24 12:35:35
vmk000    2013-07-22 17:16:50
vmk001    2013-07-22 20:00:36
vmk009    2013-07-23 18:21:12
vmk010    2013-07-23 18:31:00
vmk020    2013-07-23 23:30:43
vmk024    2013-07-24 03:27:30
vmk031    2013-07-24 10:27:36
vmk032    2013-07-24 11:27:38
vmk032    2013-07-24 11:27:38

What I'm trying to do is an ascending sort through this list, maintaining the name associated with each timestamp.

Thanks in advance.
Sparky

In reply to sort timestamps with associated names. by Sparky

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