---
title: ORDER BY clause
list_title: ORDER BY clause
description: >
  Use the `ORDER BY` clause to sort data by time in ascending or descending order.
menu:
  influxdb3_clustered:
    name: ORDER BY clause
    identifier: influxql-order-by
    parent: influxql-reference
weight: 204
list_code_example: |
  ```sql
  SELECT_clause FROM_clause [WHERE_clause] [GROUP_BY_clause] ORDER BY time [DESC|ASC]
  ```

source: /shared/influxql-v3-reference/order-by.md
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