Ultimate Date / Time sorting

Sort date and time in any format using Moment.js

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

This plug-in for DataTables represents the ultimate option in extensibility for sorting date / time strings correctly. It uses Moment.js to create automatic type detection and sorting plug-ins for DataTables based on a given format. This way, DataTables will automatically detect your temporal information and sort it correctly.

For usage instructions, please see the DataTables blog post that introduces it.

Use

This plug-in can be obtained and used in multiple different ways.

Browser

This plug-in is available on the DataTables CDN:

The plug-in will then automatically register itself against a global DataTables instance. This file can also be used if you are using an AMD loader such as Require.js.

Note that if you are using multiple plug-ins, it can be 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.

NPM

The plug-ins are all available on NPM (which can also be used with Yarn or any other Javascript package manager) as part of the datatables.net-plugins package. To use this plug-in, first install the plug-ins package:

npm install datatables.net-plugins

ES modules

Then, if you are using ES modules, import datatables.net, any other DataTables extensions you need, and the plug-in:

import DataTable from 'datatables.net';
import 'datatables.net-plugins/sorting/datetime-moment.mjs';

CommonJS

If you are using a CommonJS loader for Node (e.g. with older versions of Webpack, or non-module Node code) use the following method to require the plug-in:

var $ = require('jquery');
var DataTable = require('datatables.net');
require('datatables.net-plugins/sorting/datetime-moment.js');

Example

$.fn.dataTable.moment( 'HH:mm MMM D, YY' );
  $.fn.dataTable.moment( 'dddd, MMMM Do, YYYY' );

  $('#example').DataTable();

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: datetime-moment.js
Full DataTables plug-ins repository: DataTables/Plugins