title: How can I sort MM-DD-YYYY dates using unix sort?
body: <p>Have</p>
  
  <pre><code>01-01-2016
  08-01-2015
  09-05-2015
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Want</p>
  
  <pre><code>08-01-2015
  09-05-2015
  01-01-2016
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is there a way to perform a sort operation on this in unix? I'm using this command and I'm getting the "HAVE" result:</p>
  
  <pre><code>sort file
  </code></pre>