iphone在数组中排序日期

SQLite数据库中有下面的数组:

(
{ 
 id=1;
duedate = "01-Apr-2013";
},
{
 id=2;
duedate = "01-May-2013";
},
{
id=3;
duedate = "01-Jun-2013";
},

{
 id=4;
duedate = "11-Jul-2013";
}
)

排序的代码:

NSSortDescriptor *sortDesc = [[NSSortDescriptor alloc] initWithKey:@"duedate" ascending:YES];
[assessment_list sortUsingDescriptors:[NSArray arrayWithObject:sortDesc]];

但是最后出现的排序不对:

(

{ 
 id=1;
duedate = "01-Apr-2013";
},

{
id=3;
duedate = "01-Jun-2013";
},

{
id=2;
duedate = "01-May-2013";
},

{
 id=4;
duedate = "11-Jul-2013";
}

)

不知道为什么?

因为它是按照字母顺序排列的

想根据日期排序,用下面的方法:

NSInteger dateSort(id dict1, id dict2, void* context){
NSDateFormatter *formatter = [[NSDateFormatter alloc] init];
[formatter setDateFormat:@"mm/dd/yyyy"];
NSDate *date1 = [formatter dateFromString:[dict1 objectForKey:@"duedate"]];
NSDate *date2 = [formatter dateFromString:[dict2 objectForKey:@"duedate"]];
    return [[date1 compare:date2];
}

调用函数:

[dateArray sortUsingFunction:dateSort context:NULL];