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Asked: 2026-06-08T08:19:36+00:00

I have a query that returns the date , value , and category :

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I have a query that returns the date,value, and category:

SELECT Date, Value, Category FROM MyTable

Outputs:

18-Dec-2011 ||  6 || Toys   
01-Apr-2012 || -4 || Dog Collars
31-May-2012 ||  4 || Cat
17-Dec-2011 ||  3 || Health & Hygiene    
12-Dec-2011 ||  3 || Travel & Training

When I add Order By Date ASC it puts the date in ascending order based on the date not the year.

I want it to look like this:

12-Dec-2011 ||  3 || Travel & Training 
17-Dec-2011 ||  3 || Health & Hygiene
18-Dec-2011 ||  6 || Toys
01-Apr-2012 || -4 || Dog
31-May-2012 ||  4 || Cat

Note: Date is of type string. I am using .

How can I get the year in ascending order first, followed by the month, and then date?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Update: as FH below says, “BigQuery has a Timestamp type now: developers.google.com/bigquery/timestamp”

    BigQuery does not currently have a Date or DateTime datatype. You could also store your datestamps in BigQuery as integers in POSIX (UNIX epoch) date format, and can convert them to human readable time using the FORMAT_UTC_USEC function.

    An alternative would be to store datestamps as strings in the YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS.uuuuuu format, convert them in your ordered query using the PARSE_UTC_USEC() function.

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