Date (dd.mm.YYYY) or date and time (dd.mm.YYYY HH:mm)

Sort date / time in the format dd.mm.YYYY HH:mm or dd.mm.YYYY.

• Author: Ronny Vedrilla
• Deprecated: This plug-in has been deprecated and replaced with other functionality. Please see the detailed description below for more information.

This sorting plug-in for DataTables will correctly sort data in date time or date format typically used in Germany: date and time:dd.mm.YYYY HH:mm just date:dd.mm.YYYY.

Please note that this plug-in is **deprecated*. The datetime plug-in provides enhanced functionality and flexibility.

Plug-in code

jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
    "de_datetime-asc": function ( a, b ) {
        var x, y;
        if (jQuery.trim(a) !== '') {
            var deDatea = jQuery.trim(a).split(' ');
            var deTimea = deDatea[1].split(':');
            var deDatea2 = deDatea[0].split('.');
                        if(typeof deTimea[2] != 'undefined') {
                            x = (deDatea2[2] + deDatea2[1] + deDatea2[0] + deTimea[0] + deTimea[1] + deTimea[2]) * 1;
                        } else {
                            x = (deDatea2[2] + deDatea2[1] + deDatea2[0] + deTimea[0] + deTimea[1]) * 1;
                        }
        } else {
            x = -Infinity; // = l'an 1000 ...
        }

        if (jQuery.trim(b) !== '') {
            var deDateb = jQuery.trim(b).split(' ');
            var deTimeb = deDateb[1].split(':');
            deDateb = deDateb[0].split('.');
                        if(typeof deTimeb[2] != 'undefined') {
                            y = (deDateb[2] + deDateb[1] + deDateb[0] + deTimeb[0] + deTimeb[1] + deTimeb[2]) * 1;
                        } else {
                            y = (deDateb[2] + deDateb[1] + deDateb[0] + deTimeb[0] + deTimeb[1]) * 1;
                        }
        } else {
            y = -Infinity;
        }
        var z = ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
        return z;
    },

    "de_datetime-desc": function ( a, b ) {
        var x, y;
        if (jQuery.trim(a) !== '') {
            var deDatea = jQuery.trim(a).split(' ');
            var deTimea = deDatea[1].split(':');
            var deDatea2 = deDatea[0].split('.');
                        if(typeof deTimea[2] != 'undefined') {
                            x = (deDatea2[2] + deDatea2[1] + deDatea2[0] + deTimea[0] + deTimea[1] + deTimea[2]) * 1;
                        } else {
                            x = (deDatea2[2] + deDatea2[1] + deDatea2[0] + deTimea[0] + deTimea[1]) * 1;
                        }
        } else {
            x = Infinity;
        }

        if (jQuery.trim(b) !== '') {
            var deDateb = jQuery.trim(b).split(' ');
            var deTimeb = deDateb[1].split(':');
            deDateb = deDateb[0].split('.');
                        if(typeof deTimeb[2] != 'undefined') {
                            y = (deDateb[2] + deDateb[1] + deDateb[0] + deTimeb[0] + deTimeb[1] + deTimeb[2]) * 1;
                        } else {
                            y = (deDateb[2] + deDateb[1] + deDateb[0] + deTimeb[0] + deTimeb[1]) * 1;
                        }
        } else {
            y = -Infinity;
        }
        var z = ((x < y) ? 1 : ((x > y) ? -1 : 0));
        return z;
    },

    "de_date-asc": function ( a, b ) {
        var x, y;
        if (jQuery.trim(a) !== '') {
            var deDatea = jQuery.trim(a).split('.');
            x = (deDatea[2] + deDatea[1] + deDatea[0]) * 1;
        } else {
            x = Infinity; // = l'an 1000 ...
        }

        if (jQuery.trim(b) !== '') {
            var deDateb = jQuery.trim(b).split('.');
            y = (deDateb[2] + deDateb[1] + deDateb[0]) * 1;
        } else {
            y = -Infinity;
        }
        var z = ((x < y) ? -1 : ((x > y) ? 1 : 0));
        return z;
    },

    "de_date-desc": function ( a, b ) {
        var x, y;
        if (jQuery.trim(a) !== '') {
            var deDatea = jQuery.trim(a).split('.');
            x = (deDatea[2] + deDatea[1] + deDatea[0]) * 1;
        } else {
            x = -Infinity;
        }

        if (jQuery.trim(b) !== '') {
            var deDateb = jQuery.trim(b).split('.');
            y = (deDateb[2] + deDateb[1] + deDateb[0]) * 1;
        } else {
            y = Infinity;
        }
        var z = ((x < y) ? 1 : ((x > y) ? -1 : 0));
        return z;
    }
} );

CDN

This plug-in is available on the DataTables CDN:

Note that if you are using multiple plug-ins, it is beneficial in terms of performance to combine the plug-ins into a single file and host it on your own server, rather than making multiple requests to the DataTables CDN.

Version control

If you have any ideas for how this plug-in can be improved, or spot anything that is in error, it is available on GitHub and pull requests are very welcome!

• This plug-in: date-de.js
• Full DataTables plug-ins repository: DataTables/Plugins

Example

$('#example').dataTable( {
     columnDefs: [
       { type: 'de_datetime', targets: 0 },
       { type: 'de_date', targets: 1 }
     ]
  } );