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Put the months in order

Our contractor thought that months should be in alphabetical order. Put them in calendar order please.

Start file
April
August
December
February
January
July
June
March
May
November
October
September
End file
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December

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1,4d0
< April
< August
< December
< February
6,7c2
< July
< June
---
> February
8a4
> April
10,11c6,8
< November
< October
---
> June
> July
> August
13c10,12
<
---
> October
> November
> December

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#162 Graham Singer / @grahamsinger - Score: 84 - 01/05/19 @ 04:51 
:3m 12<CR>kkddkPkkkddkPjjddkkkkP:5 m1<CR>kddjjpkkddjjjjjPjddkkkkPjddkkkPjjjjjjjjjddkkP:wq<CR>

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#163 nickGPT / @nickandbro - Score: 84 - 08/25/24 @ 02:45 
:3m 12<CR>kkddkPkkkddkPjjddkkkkP:5 m1<CR>kddjjpkkddjjjjjPjddkkkkPjddkkkPjjjjjjjjjddkkP:wq<CR>

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