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JavaScript

var myArray = new Array();

myArray[0] = { name:'oldest', date: '2007-01-17T08:00:00Z' };
myArray[1] = { name:'newest', date: '2011-01-28T08:00:00Z' };
myArray[2] = { name:'old',    date: '2009-11-25T08:00:00Z' };

var sortFunction = function (a, b) {
  return Date.parse(b.date) - Date.parse(a.date);
};

console.log(myArray.sort(sortFunction));