Sort index must be set for sorting to work as expected. Also added unmapped property which returns formatted date.

Author: Garvin Casimir

DataTablesParser.WebSample/Models/Person.cs

@@ -18,5 +18,14 @@ public class Person
         public decimal Weight { get; set; }
         public decimal Height { get; set; }
         public int Children { get; set; }
+
+        [NotMapped]
+        public string BirthDateFormatted
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                return string.Format("{0:M/d/yyyy}", BirthDate);
+            }
+        }
     }
 }

DataTablesParser.WebSample/Views/Person/Index.cshtml

@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
                 sServerMethod: "POST",
                 sAjaxSource: "@Url.Action("All", "Person")",
                 aoColumns: [
-                    { mData: "FirstName", sTitle: "First Name"},
-                    { mData: "LastName", sTitle: "Last Name" },
-                    { mData: "BirthDate", sTitle: "Birth Date" },
-                    { mData: "Weight", sTitle: "Weight" },
-                    { mData: "Height", sTitle: "Height" },
-                    { mData: "Children", sTitle: "Children" }
+                    { mData: "FirstName", sTitle: "First Name", iDataSort: 1 },
+                    { mData: "LastName", sTitle: "Last Name", iDataSort:2 },
+                    { mData: "BirthDateFormatted", sTitle: "Birth Date", iDataSort: 3 },
+                    { mData: "Weight", sTitle: "Weight", iDataSort: 4 },
+                    { mData: "Height", sTitle: "Height", iDataSort: 5 },
+                    { mData: "Children", sTitle: "Children", iDataSort: 6 }
 
                 ]
             });