:bug: Date/time fields in grids are sorted alphabetically
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Description
When clicking on a grid column header, the grid data gets sorted (ascending on first click, descending on second). The sorting always seems to be alphabetically and not take the data type into account. This works for most columns, but date/time columns are an issue.
For example, here is the "Deployed On" column in the "Cloud-hosted instances" grid after the first click (should be sorted ascending):
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Start by reproducing the sorting in the "Cloud-hosted instances" grid, especially the "Deployed On" column, then trace the grid's column-sort handling. Done means date/time values sort chronologically in ascending and descending order rather than alphabetically, while other columns retain their current behavior.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- csharp
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Bug
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- 1-2 days
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- 45/100