jquery datatables set default order on load code example
Example 1: datatables sorting order
// 3 is the column index, starting from 0 at the leftmost
$('#table').DataTable( {
order: [[ 3, "desc" ]] // or "asc" for ascending
} );
// to sort on multiple rows
$('#example').DataTable( {
order: [[ 3, 'desc' ], [ 0, 'asc' ]]
} );
// if using legacy datatables (initialization with lowercase dataTable)
aaSorting: [[3, "desc"]]
Example 2: datatable desc active
$('#exemple').DataTable({
"order": [[ 3, "desc" ]], //or asc
"columnDefs" : [{"targets":3, "type":"date-eu"}],
});