# Sort category by event start date seems to be broken

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-category-by-event-start-date-seems-to-be-broken/270837>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Tags:** events\
**Created:** [July 7, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-category-by-event-start-date-seems-to-be-broken/270837 "2023-07-07T02:23:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 7, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sort-category-by-event-start-date-seems-to-be-broken/270837/1 "2023-07-07T02:23:53Z")

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I have “sort categories by event start date enabled” checked.

I have two new events created:

- Customer Onboarding - August (created first)
- Customer Onboarding - September (created second)

…but they show up in the order:

- September
- August

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