extremely weird and frustrating...

[Mark Schonewille]

Larry,

that should be

sort lines of field myTimes descending dateTime

I assume that myTimes is a variable, but if it isn't, then your lines 
should be

sort lines of field "myTimes" descending dateTime

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On 4/2/2014 09:41, larry at significantplanet.org wrote:
> Here is my script line:
> sort field myTimes descending dateTime
>
>
> And here is the result:
> 16:33
>
> 15:56
>
> 12:16
>
> 11:35
>
> 9:14
>
> 7:47
>
> 2:08
>
> 1:22
>
> 25:34
>
> 34:55
>
>
>
> Here is my other script line:
>
> sort field myTimes ascending dateTime
>
> And here is the result for that:
>
> 25:34
>
> 34:55
>
> 1:22
>
> 2:08
>
> 7:47
>
> 9:14
>
> 11:35
>
> 12:16
>
> 15:56
>
> 16:33
>
>
>
> Seriously?