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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://datatables.net/download/build/nightly/jquery.dataTables.css">
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.9.1.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://datatables.net/download/build/nightly/jquery.dataTables.js"></script>
<div class="container">
    <table id="example" class="display" width="100%">
        <thead>
            <tr>
                <th>Task</th>
                <th>NextRun</th>
                <th>NextRunSort</th>
                <th>Status</th>
                <th>StatusSort</th>
            </tr>
        </thead>
        <tfoot>
            <tr>
                <th>Task</th>
                <th>NextRun</th>
                <th>NextRunSort</th>
                <th>Status</th>
                <th>StatusSort</th>
            </tr>
        </tfoot>
        <tbody>
            <tr>
                <td>Alpha</td>
                <td><span title="Next: 7/23/14 4:00 PM">Today</span>

                </td>
                <td>201407231600</td>
                <td>New</td>
                <td>0</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Bravo</td>
                <td><span title="Next: 7/24/14 12:00 AM">Tomorrow</span>

                </td>
                <td>201407240000</td>
                <td>Current</td>
                <td>3</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Charlie</td>
                <td><span title="Next: 7/22/14 6:00 AM">Soon</span>

                </td>
                <td>201407220600</td>
                <td>Past Due</td>
                <td>1</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Delta</td>
                <td><span title="Next: 7/22/14 5:00 AM">Soon</span>

                </td>
                <td>201407220500</td>
                <td>Past Due</td>
                <td>1</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
                <td>Echo</td>
                <td><span title="Next: 7/23/14 1:00 PM">Soon</span>

                </td>
            ...

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function () {
    var table = $('#example').DataTable({
        order: [
            [3, 'asc'],
            [1, 'asc']
        ],
        columns: [
        null, {
            orderData: 2
        }, {
            visible: false
        }, {
            orderData: 4
        }, {
            visible: false
        }]
    });
});