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HTML

<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.0.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.11/js/jquery.dataTables.min.js"></script>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.datatables.net/1.10.11/css/jquery.dataTables.min.css">
<table id="example" class="display" width="100%" style="align: center;">
          <thead>
            <tr>
              <th>Name</th>
              <th>Position</th>
              <th>Office</th>
              <th>Age</th>
              <th>Hired Date</th>
              <th>Salary</th>
            </tr>
            </thead>
            <tbody>
            <tr>
              <td>leah</td>
              <td>programmer</td>
              <td>sprobe</td>
              <td>25</td>
              <td>2016-02-16 13:42</td>
              <td>10000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>aj</td>
              <td>programmer</td>
              <td>sprobe</td>
              <td>24</td>
              <td>2016-02-18 14:16</td>
              <td>10000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>jonald</td>
              <td>data analyst</td>
              <td>accenture</td>
              <td>27</td>
              <td>2016-02-19 13:42</td>
              <td>10000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>rey</td>
              <td>programmer</td>
              <td>elements</td>
              <td>32</td>
              <td>2016-02-17 13:42</td>
              <td>10000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>melanie</td>
              <td>data analyst</td>
              <td>accenture</td>
              <td>26</td>
              <td>2016-02-18 13:42</td>
              <td>10000</td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td>ghelle</td>
              <td>data analyst</td>
              <td>accenture</td>
              <td>25</td>
              <td>2016-02-19 13:42</td>
              <td>10000</td>
            </tr>
          </tbody>
			</table>

JavaScript

$(document).ready(function() {
	$('#example').DataTable( {
  //instead for searching a string in sSearch, is it posible for a date range.?
'searchCols': [
        null,        
        null,
        null,        
        null,
        { 'sSearch': '2016-02-18 13:42' },
        null
      ]
	} );
} );