>When I do a copy to mySpredsheet type XLS in FP2.5 dates come into Excel as character
>When a user sorts on a date he gets all januaries all februaries etc.
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>How can that be done right so the user can actually sort on a date column???
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>Thanks
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>Peter

When you do COPY TO, make it TYPE XL5. That gives you a more advanced format. (XLS is Excel 2; XL5 is, naturally, Excel 5.)

Tamar