JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.8/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.8/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.0.1/js/dataTables.buttons.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jszip/2.5.0/jszip.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.0.1/js/buttons.html5.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.0.1/js/buttons.flash.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jszip/2.5.0/jszip.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/buttons/1.0.1/css/buttons.dataTables.min.css">
<table id="numberWithLeading0">
                    <thead>
                        <tr>
                            <th>Name</th>
                            <th>Identification</th>
                        </tr>
                    </thead>
                    <tbody>
                        <tr>                                      
                            <td>
                                raoul
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                21458P
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                        <tr>                            
                                                                  
                            <td>
                                michel
                            </td>
                            <td>
                                00255
                            </td>
                        </tr>
                    </tbody>
                </table>

CSS

td{text-align:center;}

JavaScript

var table = $('#numberWithLeading0').DataTable({
    dom : 'Bfrtlip',    
    buttons: [
        {
            extend: 'excel',
            exportOptions: {
                orthogonal: 'sort'
            }
        }        
    ],
    columnDefs: [{
       targets:[1],
       render: function(data, type, row, meta){
          if(type === 'sort'){
             //data = ' ' + data ;
              return "\u200C" + data ; 
          }
          
          return data ;   
           
       }
    }]
});