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Asked: 2026-06-06T07:24:50+00:00

Suppose I have a list of dates in the string format, ‘YYYYMMDD.’ How do

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Suppose I have a list of dates in the string format, ‘YYYYMMDD.’ How do I sort the list in regular and reverse order?

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    For that particular format, you can just sort them as strings

    >>> sorted(['20100405','20121209','19990606'])
['19990606', '20100405', '20121209']
>>> sorted(['20100405','20121209','19990606'], reverse=True)
['20121209', '20100405', '19990606']

    This works because in that format the digits are in the order of most significant to least significant

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