Options for filtering a date range column

jxb

This post is not only intended to help me get my problem addressed but to also answer the question, what other ways are there to go about filtering a column based on a date-range.

The current approach I am taking is to use the custom filtering plug-in as in [this] https://datatables.net/examples/plug-ins/range_filtering.html example

The table was loaded fine with AJAX before adding the $.fn.DataTable.ext.search.push( ... ) block.

Here is my jsFiddle

Also, I'm relatively new to JavaScript and this is my very first time working with DataTables.

There are also a few additional questions in the comments if anybody feels the urge to enlighten me.

Anybody?

jxb

I've also tried to use

var min = $("input[id$='dateFrom_DateControl']").datepicker().format("MM/d/yyyy"); var max = $("#input[id$='dateTo_DateControl']").datepicker().format("MM/d/yyyy");

(added .datepicker()) is this necessary?