Stacks on dock

Hi everyone
I'm a recent switcher... about 5 weeks ago i got my first macbook pro for school and im pretty used to it already but ive noticed that the folders inside the document stack is disorganized. For example i have an AP subfolder inside the document stacks and when i open the stack to see the contents the files inside are disorganized. I want to organize them by date but i seem not to be able to do this at all. I want the files inside to be organied by date, with the most current file on the top and the oldest one on the bottom. Thanks
I'll show some screenshots of this
http://twitpic.com/2tfhwx

noondaywitch wrote:
Try by "date created"?
I did... its funny because the folders rearange, but the contents doesnt reorganize.
My settings
http://www.twitpic.com/2zcjp3
The folders with "date created"
http://www.twitpic.com/2zcju2
The folders without date created
http://www.twitpic.com/2zcltw
The contents of the folder either way
http://www.twitpic.com/2zcjm8

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