datetime - conditional datetime formatting using the plugin functionality

msand01

Is there a way to do conditional datetime formatting using the plugin functionality?

The following works fine, so I know my 'from' format specifier is correct, except the null date values are transformed as "Invalid date":

{ "data": "UserDate", "render": $.fn.dataTable.render.moment( 'YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD' ) }    

To try and amend it to account for null dates, I have tried this:

 { "data": "UserDate", "render": function ( data, type, full, meta ) {
    return (data === null) ? data : $.fn.dataTable.render.moment( 'YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD' );}
  },

Now the null values are fine, but I get "Invalid date" for the else portion of the conditional.

What syntax should I be using?

Thank you

allan

Try:

var renderer = $.fn.dataTable.render.moment( 'YYYY-MM-DDT00:00:00', 'YYYY-MM-DD' );

...
{ "data": "UserDate", "render": function ( data, type, full, meta ) {
   return (data === null) ? data : renderer( data, type, row );}
 },

I haven't actually tried it, but I think that should work - although I haven't actually tested it.

Having said that, I think a better option would be to simply modify the plug-in to support null values. Pull requests for that improvement welcome ;-).

Allan