date order

Sorted by time

Date order is the arrangement of items chronologically—by when they occurred or were created.

Lists, files, or search results in date order typically run from oldest to newest or newest to oldest: The emails are sorted in date order, most recent first.

Put these receipts in date order so we can reconcile the accounts.

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ascending · descending · arrange · schedule · time stamp · timestamp · deadline · appointment · priority · sequential · rank · filing · file system · archive · organize · numbered · systematic · hierarchy

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ordering principle

date orderalphabetical order

Arrangement by first letters

random order · size order · hierarchical order · custom order · alphabetical

temporal direction

date orderchronological order

Arrangement by time of occurrence

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