I have a csv file like this:
"Task1,Task2",ABC,ABC,Mon 05/22/2009,mbm
"Task3,Task4",XYZ,XYZ,Mon 05/20/2009,mbm
"Task5,Task6",ABC,ABC,Mon 06/25/2009,mbm
"Task7,Task8",ABC,ABC,Mon 03/28/2009,mbm

I would like to sort this csv file based on the date (ascending) in th
+e 4th column above to produce an output as follows:
"Task7,Task8",ABC,ABC,Mon 03/28/2009,mbm
"Task3,Task4",XYZ,XYZ,Mon 05/20/2009,mbm
"Task1,Task2",ABC,ABC,Mon 05/22/2009,mbm
"Task5,Task6",ABC,ABC,Mon 06/25/2009,mbm

I know there will be some modules to do this. Can you guys help me out
+ in both approaches (using modules and without using the modules)

Thanks for you response in advance!

~Manjunath

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