How to get contacts in order of their upcoming birthdays?

Question

I have code to read contact details and to read birthdays. But how do I get a list of contacts in order of their upcoming birthday?

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Answer 1

I think I'd get the list sorted by birthday, then copy that list into a second list, using today's date as the "zero date." Seems like it would be cleaner to do it that way than to try to hammer out an appropriate query, although it might be a touch slower.