dates $VAR1 = [
          '08-15-2011',
          '08-10-2011',
          '08-05-2011'
        ];

firstTransform $VAR1 = [
          '2011150808-15-2011',
          '2011100808-10-2011',
          '2011050808-05-2011'
        ];

firsSorted $VAR1 = [
          '2011050808-05-2011',
          '2011100808-10-2011',
          '2011150808-15-2011'
        ];

finalTransform $VAR1 = [
          '08-05-2011',
          '08-10-2011',
          '08-15-2011'
        ];