Ordering and Grouping of Asset publisher is not sorting on basis of Date field

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 6.2.X EE, 7.0.0 Alpha 1
• Fix Version/s: 7.0.0 Alpha 2
• Component/s: Content Display Widgets > Asset Publisher widget, ~[Archived] WCM > Publication
• Labels:
  • liferay-fixpack-portal-101-6210
• Story Points: 9
• Fix Priority: 3
• Git Pull Request: https://github.com/brianchandotcom/liferay-portal/pull/30612

Steps to reproduce
1) Create a structure with Date field.
2) Create contents with values as follows:
Content 1
Title : Apple
Date : 08/19/2015

Content 2
Title : graphs
Date : 03/17/2016

Content 3
Title : Orange
Date : 08/21/2015

Content 4
Title : Peach
Date : 08/15/2015

Content 5
Title : Pineapple
Date : 08/12/2015

Expected Result :
Pineapple
Peach
Orange
graphs
Apple

Actual Result :
Orange
Apple
graphs
peach
pineapple

Note: Date sorting does,t work, actually it sorts by title ASC.

master: reproduced
99d78bb2556d4efac8f823c69f518475655c1e8b

ee-6.2.x:reproduced
1c6f3279ca6f8c57632ff67cffb6f1c0b8abab6f