Title: not sorting by date
Last modified: July 20, 2017

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# not sorting by date

 *  Resolved [ExpertLink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/expertlink/)
 * (@expertlink)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-sorting-by-date-2/)
 * Dear Support
 * on this page:
    [http://bbv-deutschland.de/rhein-neckar/aktuelles-zum-ausbau/](http://bbv-deutschland.de/rhein-neckar/aktuelles-zum-ausbau/)
   at the bottom of the page I’m using tablepress with DataTables Sorting plugin
   installed. As you can see, sorting by date in the 2nd column is not working. 
   Any idea?
 * Another question: Can I sort by default the dates descending?
 * Thanks,
    Frank

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-sorting-by-date-2/#post-9336588)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * Please try using this “Custom Command” (“Eigene Befehle”):
 *     ```
       "columnDefs": [ { "type": "date-eu", "targets": [ 1 ] } ]
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [ExpertLink](https://wordpress.org/support/users/expertlink/)
 * (@expertlink)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-sorting-by-date-2/#post-9338865)
 * yes, works well. Thank you, Tobias
 * another question was whether I can set a sorting by date descending as default
   for a column?
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-sorting-by-date-2/#post-9339910)
 * Hi,
 * ah, sorry, missed that part of your question. For that, please extend the “Custom
   Command” to
 *     ```
       "columnDefs": [ { "type": "date-eu", "targets": [ 1 ] } ], "order": [[ 1, 'desc' ]]
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-sorting-by-date-2/#post-9339910)
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