Zotero doesn't sort all pubs by full ascending date?

dtwrublewski

Hi,

Apologies if this has been noted elsewhere, but I couldn't find anything online.

I have my library sorted by year, ascending, however within a year, I notice the publications sort descending.

I.e.: I expect this in my library

Publication, June 2000
Publication, January 2000
Publication, May 1999
Publication, January 1999

However what I am seeing is this:
Publication, January 2000
Publication, June 2000
Publication, January 1999
Publication, May 1999

Is there any way to sort on the full date?

Thanks!

Donna

bwiernik

Where exactly are you talking about sorting? In the Zotero library view or in a bibliography you generate in Word or elsewhere?

For the Zotero library view, select the "Date" column from the upper right corner of the center pane, instead of the "Year" column.

For bibliographies, this is controlled by the citation style. What style are you using?

dstillman

Yeah, to be clear, it's not doing a descending sort — it's just not sorting beyond the year.

dtwrublewski

Thank you! Actually, for both the library view and a citation style. The "Date" column gave me what I needed.

For my citation style, I am using a custom style, sorting using

<macro name="issued">
<date variable="issued">
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
</macro>

And then
<key macro="issued" sort="ascending"/>


Is there another field I should be using?

Thank you!

dtwrublewski

Sorry - just updated my comment above with the full macro text, and added the code tags.

fbennett

Can you post your issued macro?

dtwrublewski

Hi! Yes, sorry, I updated my comment above with the macro.

fbennett

But for simplicity, changing the macro="issued" there to variable="issued" should give you what you're after.

bwiernik

i.e., change the sort key you gave to:
<key variable="issued" sort="ascending"/>

If you also want the month to be printed as well, change your macro to:
<macro name="issued">
<date variable="issued">
<date-part name="month" suffix=" "/>
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
</macro>

fbennett

Yes, the macro is calling only the year. You can leave that as it is, since it's used for cite rendering. Changing the key to call the variable directly should work, with no side effects on the appearance of cites or bib entries.

fbennett

@bwiernik Probably want to edit in some punctuation there.

dtwrublewski

Yes - that works perfectly. Thank you both so much!

bwiernik

@fbennett Thanks!