/**
 * This plug-in will provide date sorting for the "dd/mm/YYY hh:ii:ss" 
 * formatting, which is common in France and other European countries. It can 
 * also be quickly adapted for other formatting as required. Furthermore, this 
 * date sorting plug-in allows for empty values in the column.
 *  @name Date (dd/mm/YYY hh:ii:ss) 
 *  @anchor date_euro
 *  @author <a href="http://coolforest.net/">Ronan Guilloux</a>
 */

 jQuery.extend( jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
    "date-euro-pre": function ( a ) {
        if ($.trim(a) != '') {
            var frDatea = $.trim(a).split(' ');
            var frTimea = frDatea[1].split(':');
            var frDatea2 = frDatea[0].split('/');
            var x = (frDatea2[2] + frDatea2[1] + frDatea2[0] + frTimea[0] + frTimea[1] + frTimea[2]) * 1;
        } else {
            var x = 10000000000000; // = l'an 1000 ...
        }
        
        return x;
    },

    "date-euro-asc": function ( a, b ) {
        return a - b;
    },

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