Sorting folders within a catalogue by date

I have imported my Aperture and iPhoto albums into Lightroom. In my new Lightroom catalogue, they are separated by year taken. Within a given year, however the folders are now sorted alphabetically by folder name, instead of by date (they were organized this way in Aperture, because I was never able to figure out how to sort Aperture albums by date). Each digital photo does have date information recorded. I have tried highlighting all the folders within a given year and clicking View - Sort - Capture time...only to discover Capture Time was already checkmarked. Next I tried un-checking Capture Time, re-highlighting the folders, and checkmarking Capture Time. My folders remain in alphabetical order instead of chronological order. How do I reorganize my folders by date?

You could do what I do. Build the sequence YYYY/MM/DD into your collection and folder names. Everything stays beautifully in chronological order. Perhaps you could adopt that method going forward and gradually re-name folder within Lightroom. See image:

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