sort csv by current dates

[Bentash]

I want to sort out a csv but it not working

tried
......| fields Date,count | stats by Date,count | eval Date=strptime(Date, "%d/%m/%Y") | sort Date | eval Date=strftime(Date, "%m/%Y") | chart as total over t1 by Date

I keep getting
01/2018
02/2018
03/2018

This is the result i am expecting
03/2018
02/2018
01/2018

[somesoni2]

The sorting that you've before chart will be ineffective as chart would do it's own sorting of output which is always in ascending order, for both rows and columns. There can be different workaround that you can try, one is prefix a sequence number in date column so that when chart sorts it, it's in the order you need.

Other workaround works if the month values that you're searching on are relative to current time OR relative to time range of the search. Is that the case?

[FrankVl]

To change the sort order, use | sort -Date to make it sort in descending order.

PS: you might want to put the sort before replacing the Date value with a string, as sorting strings may not always result in a correct sorting of dates. Or use fieldformat instead of eval, such that under the hood, it keeps the numerical timestamp value and only renders it as a string.

[damien_chillet]

Try sort - Date