jquery.dataTables - U.S. Date Sort Plugin

jquery.dataTables.usdate.plugin.js

$.extend($.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
    "date-us-pre": function (a) {
        var b = a.match(/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{1,2})\/(\d{2,4})/),
            month = b[1],
            day = b[2],
            year = b[3];

        if (year.length == 2) {
            if (parseInt(year, 10) < 70) year = '20' + year;
            else year = '19' + year;
        }
        if (month.length == 1) month = '0' + month;
        if (day.length == 1) day = '0' + day;

        var tt = year + month + day;
        return tt;
    },
    "date-us-asc": function (a, b) {
        return a - b;
    },

    "date-us-desc": function (a, b) {
        return b - a;
    }
});

$.fn.dataTableExt.aTypes.unshift(function (sData) {
    if (sData !== null && sData.match(/\d{1,2}\/\d{1,2}\/\d{2,4}/)) {
        return 'date-us';
    }
    return null;
});