/*! Two digit year parser * Demo: http://jsfiddle.net/Mottie/abkNM/427/ */ /*jshint jquery:true */ ;(function($){ "use strict"; // Make the date be within +/- range of the 2 digit year // so if the current year is 2020, and the 2 digit year is 80 (2080 - 2020 > 50), it becomes 1980 // if the 2 digit year is 50 (2050 - 2020 < 50), then it becomes 2050. var range = 50, // ************ regxxxxyy = /(\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{2})/, regyyxxxx = /(\d{2})[\/\s](\d{1,2})[\/\s](\d{1,2})/, formatDate = function(s, regex, format){ s = s // replace separators .replace(/\s+/g," ").replace(/[-.,]/g, "/") // reformat xx/xx/xx to mm/dd/19yy; .replace(regex, format); var d = new Date(s), y = d.getFullYear(), now = new Date().getFullYear(); // if date > 50 years old (set range), add 100 years // this will work when people start using "50" and mean "2050" while (now - y > range) { y += 100; } return d.setFullYear(y); }; $.tablesorter.addParser({ id: "ddmmyy", is: function() { return false; }, format: function(s) { // reformat dd/mm/yy to mm/dd/19yy; return formatDate(s, regxxxxyy, "$2/$1/19$3"); }, type: "numeric" }); $.tablesorter.addParser({ id: "mmddyy", is: function() { return false; }, format: function(s) { // reformat mm/dd/yy to mm/dd/19yy return formatDate(s, regxxxxyy, "$1/$2/19$3"); }, type: "numeric" }); $.tablesorter.addParser({ id: "yymmdd", is: function() { return false; }, format: function(s) { // reformat yy/mm/dd to mm/dd/19yy return formatDate(s, regyyxxxx, "$2/$3/19$1"); }, type: "numeric" }); })(jQuery);