How to sort by Date with DataTables jquery plugin?

Question

I am using the datatables jquery plugin and want to sorty by dates.

I know they got a plugin but I can\'t find where to actually download it from

http://data

Answer 1

Datatables only can order by DateTime in "ISO-8601" format, so you have to convert your date in "date-order" to this format (example using Razor):

@myDate.ToShortDateString() - @myDate.ToShortTimeString()