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HTML

<link rel="stylesheet" href="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.3/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<script src="//cdn.datatables.net/1.10.3/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<table id="test_sort">
    <thead>
        <tr>
            <th>Month</th>
            <th>Totals</th>
        </tr>
    </thead>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">01</span>January</td>
            <td>1,081</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">02</span>February</td>
            <td>1,271</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">03</span>March</td>
            <td>1,288</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">04</span>April</td>
            <td>1,305</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">05</span>May</td>
            <td>1,316</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">06</span>June</td>
            <td>612</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">07</span>July</td>
            <td>697</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">08</span>August</td>
            <td>732</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">09</span>September</td>
            <td>799</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">10</span>October</td>
            <td>818 <span class="a"><span class="b">(current)</span></span></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">11</span>November</td>
            <td>837</td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><span style="display:none;">12</span>December</td>
            <td>899</td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>

CSS

#test_sort {
    margin: 0;
    width: 80%;
}
.a {
    position: absolute;
}
.b {
    margin-left: 10px;
}
th {
    text-align: left;
}
.right, th.right {
    text-align: right;
}

JavaScript

$('#test_sort').dataTable({
    columnDefs: [
        {targets: 1, className: 'right'}
    ],
    paging: false,
    searching: false,
    info: false
});