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How can I convert string of numbers to date format?

smcdonald20
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I have a list of dates like below:

20170201
20171201
20171225

How can I convert this into a time value that i can sort oldest to youngest?

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somesoni2
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Try like this

your current search giving a field say "MyDate" | eval MyDateEpoch=strptime(MyDate,"%Y%m%d") | sort 0 MyDateEpoch

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smcdonald20
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Thank you this worked!!

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somesoni2
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Try like this

your current search giving a field say "MyDate" | eval MyDateEpoch=strptime(MyDate,"%Y%m%d") | sort 0 MyDateEpoch
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