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Drupal websites sometimes have a need to implement more advanced sorting logic than what's available out of the box. One of our career-changing Drupal training course alumni asked me how to handle this today. After answering them, I decided to copy the answer into a blogpost.

One of Drupal's main strengths is its data modeling. But sometimes choosing the appropriate field type comes with a form widget that isn't what we're looking for. For example, using a Date field results in the form displaying a date "widget" (form input) which includes a full date consisting of a day, month, and year, and...