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Created November 27, 2012 12:49
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How to sort list of dates in format '13 July 2011'
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sort_dates.py
>>> import time
>>> format = '%d %B %Y'
>>> sort_dates = lambda y: sorted(y, key=lambda x: int(time.mktime(time.strptime(x, format))))
>>> dates = ['13 July 2011', '13 August 2011', '3 October 2010', '13 July 2012']
>>> sort_dates(dates)
['3 October 2010', '13 July 2011', '13 August 2011', '13 July 2012']
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