I remember that when I would open the Bills and Income reminders table it would always be next payment due by date on top. Recently the list is sorted in oldest first (farthest out), with the next payment (or income) on the very bottom of the list.
When you "hover" over the column titles for Date, Pay to/Receive from or Amount the cursor changes to a "pointing finger" which lets the user know that the item is clickable for action, in my case to sort that column.
Now if I click that header (Due) it should change direction and sort in reverse order of what is currently displayed. Alas it does not. Nor does options.
I would consider next date to be the closest to today but clicking the column or selecting "Sort by next date" has no effect.