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

I Have 10 Columns in my table and there is 2 columns of dates, 2nd column and 4th column is of US Date, so this is worked for me fine. Just paste this code at last in your script section in same sequence.

   jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort['us_date-asc'] = function (a, b) {
        var x = new Date(a),
            y = new Date(b);
        return ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
    };


    jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort['us_date-desc'] = function (a, b) {
        var x = new Date(a),
            y = new Date(b);
        return ((x < y) ? 1 : ((x > y) ? -1 : 0));
    };


    $('#tblPoSetupGrid').dataTable({
        columnDefs: [
            { type: 'us_date', targets: 3 },
            { type: 'us_date', targets: 1 }
        ]

    });