Crystal report sorting by custom date - sorting

I'm having a doubt in how to sort a chart by custom date in Crystal Reports.
My Sql returns this for exemple:
Date
2013 Set
2013 Set
2013 Out
2013 Nov
I get this value using Decode, the code is above
EXTRACT(YEAR FROM S.sol_datachega) || ' ' || decode(EXTRACT(MONTH FROM S.sol_datachega),1,'Jan',2,'Fev',3,'Mar',4,'Abr',5,'Mai',6,'Jun',7,'Jul',8,'Ago',9,'Set',10,'Out',11,'Nov',12,'Dez') as mes
But x axis in my crystal reports sort by the string, so the chart comes like this:
2013 Nov
2013 Out
2013 Set
If i take the decode off the chart comes right
2013 09
2013 10
2013 11
But i need it with the name of the month instead of number.
I believe i can do this using formulas but i don't know how to do it because i'm new in crystal reports.
Any idea?

After doing some testing myself, it seems that there are limitations to what you are trying to achieve. Ken Hamady has an excellent write-up on the ways and limitations to formatting chart dates. Please see his write-up here and hopefully it will help you.

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