[support] Blog Sort Order by Date

[Tom Holmes Jr.]

I'm creating a new site in Drupal 5.7 hosted at SiteGround.
I'm collecting data (news) from two older sites, and I will move them 
into this new site.

So ... I was thinking of creating a blog .... that way every new news 
item goes to the top of the list and the old news items get pushed down.
The problem is that since I am collecting data from other sites, I would 
like to sort these things myself.
For example as I create these entries, I will include a date that the 
news item happened, I would like it sorted in that Chronological order 
with the most recent first.
If I just create a blog and I add items out of data order, I am afraid 
they will appear in the blog out of order.

So, since I haven't looked at the blog, can I edit the create date and 
put it in the order I want?
If so that's great, then I can create my entries and they will be sorted 
on the date I entered, not on the actual date I created the node.
If that solution won't work, what is an alternative solution?

Thanks for the help!
                                                  Tom