jQuery DataTables: how to sort by specific column?

Question

Here's the page:

http://csuvscu.com/

I need to sort by the Date Column, right now it needs to read Nov 6, Nov 5 and lastly Oct 7.

How do I do this?

Answer 1

With the latest version of Data Tables you can sort by column index

var data_table = $('#data-table').DataTable();
data_table.order( [7,'desc'] ).draw();

Hope this helps.