How to sort datatables with date in descending order

Question

I wish to show the records using datatables with default ordering based on one of my rows with date & time in descending order. Please help me in editing the jquery stru

Answer 1

Perfect solution that I could implement is this:

1. If you generate data with AJAX at PHP file just make the line with date this way:

$rows[] =
    [
    "name" => $name,
    "date" => [
        "display" => $date, // Ex: '31.12.2020'
        "timestamp" => strtotime($date),    // Timestamp value for ordering, Ex: 1609372800
    ]
]

2. Then row would be output to JSON like this:

{
"name": "Vasya Pupkin",
"date": {
        "display": "31.12.2020",
        "timestamp": "1609372800"
    },
}

3. Finish by editing your JavaScript TadaTables object "date" column like this:

{
    "data": "date",
    render: {
        _: 'display',
        sort: 'timestamp'
    }
},

4. That's all! Now column with date is perfectly sorted.