text: ﻿jQuery.extend(jQuery.fn.dataTableExt.oSort, {
      "date-eu-pre": function (date) {
          date = date.replace(" ", "");
          var eu_date, year;
  
          if (date == '') {
              return 0;
          }
  
          if (date.indexOf('.') > 0) {
              /*date a, format dd.mn.(yyyy) ; (year is optional)*/
              eu_date = date.split('.');
          } else {
              /*date a, format dd/mn/(yyyy) ; (year is optional)*/
              eu_date = date.split('/');
          }
  
          /*year (optional)*/
          if (eu_date[2]) {
              year = eu_date[2];
          } else {
              year = 0;
          }
  
          /*month*/
          var month = eu_date[1];
          if (month.length == 1) {
              month = 0 + month;
          }
  
          /*day*/
          var day = eu_date[0];
          if (day.length == 1) {
              day = 0 + day;
          }
  
          return (year + month + day) * 1;
      },
  
      "date-eu-asc": function (a, b) {
          return ((a < b) ? -1 : ((a > b) ? 1 : 0));
      },
  
      "date-eu-desc": function (a, b) {
          return ((a < b) ? 1 : ((a > b) ? -1 : 0));
      }
  });