Sorting by Date in Correct Format

I just need to sort my table by the values in a date colume. Currently, I’m echoing the dates in YYYY-MM-DD, but I can echo the date values in whatever format needed, but ultimately want them displayed in MM/DD/YYYY or M/D/YYYY in Bootstrap Table. Is there a JSFiddle anywhere for how I would go about sorting dates in one of those two formats?

[chasegiunta]

So I ended up placing the <span class="hidden">YYYY-MM-DD</span> before echoing the desired format. Seems hacky but works. Curious as to what the correct way to do this is.

[tmorehouse]

By default, columns are sorted alphabetically by the content in the cell (which may include HTML formatting).

You can specify a custom JavaScript sorter function for a column with your dates in it.

Check out http://issues.wenzhixin.net.cn/bootstrap-table/#options/custom-sort.html

and https://github.com/wenzhixin/bootstrap-table-examples/blob/master/options/custom-sort.html for an example of using acustom sorter

The sorter function take two cell values to compare: mySorter(a, b). The function returns either 1, 0 or -1 depending on the comparison of a and b. In our case you would need to convert the formatted date into a format that can be compared in the way you want. (maybe turn the a and b values into JavaScript date objects or a javascript integer timestamp).