Sort data by month and by dates

[Marcia]

How do I sort a column containing the birthdays of church members? My data column consists of birthdays of baptized members starting in 1910 and every Sunday all birthday celebrants during the week were read. I could only sort the birthdays by month and not by dates. When I perform the sort and filter commands, January 16, 1999 comes first before January 5, 2000. How do I sort so that January 5, 2000 appears before January 16, 1999?