jQuery DataTables - Ordering dates by hidden column

Question

I have been working for a couple of days with DataTables and I have this task: I need to disable the initial sorting and filter the first column which contains dates like

Answer 1

SOLUTION

You need to use columnDefs to target first column (targets: 0) and define the column which data would be used for sorting of the first column with orderData. Also you need to hide forth column (targets: 3) with visible: false.

$("#TableBt" + rid).DataTable({
   columnDefs: [
       { targets: 0, orderData: 3 },
       { targets: 3, visible: false }    
   ]
});

DEMO

See this jsFiddle for code and demonstration.