# Editor example ColumnControl - formatted date and time

ColumnControl can show search inputs with different inputs based on the target column's data type, including a `searchDateTime` option, which can show a date picker. In this case, the Updated date and Registered date columns both have a date picker input, in a format matching the column's display.

The Registered date makes use of the `mask` and `format` options for `searchDateTime` to allow filtering to happen on the date part only, not requiring second level precision like the Updated date column. It is worth noting that support for `mask` in server-side processing mode is limited to just the date, or time parts.

First name | Last name | Updated date | Registered date
--- | --- | --- | ---

- JavaScript
- HTML
- CSS
- Ajax
- Server-side script

The JavaScript shown below is used to initialise the table shown in this example:

`DataTable.datetime('D MMM YYYY HH:mm'); DataTable.datetime('MM-DD-YYYY h:mm:ss A'); const editor = new DataTable.Editor({ ajax: '../php/columnControlDateTime.php', fields: [ { label: 'First name:', name: 'first_name' }, { label: 'Last name:', name: 'last_name' }, { label: 'Updated date:', name: 'updated_date', type: 'datetime', def: function () { return new Date(); }, format: 'MM-DD-YYYY h:mm:ss A', fieldInfo: 'US style m-d-y date input with 12 hour clock' }, { label: 'Registered date:', name: 'registered_date', type: 'datetime', def: function () { return new Date(); }, format: 'D MMM YYYY HH:mm', fieldInfo: 'Euro style date with 24 hour clock' } ], table: '#example' }); new DataTable('#example', { ajax: { url: '../php/columnControlDateTime.php', type: 'POST' }, columnControl: [ { target: 0, content: ['orderStatus'] }, { target: 1, content: ['search'] } ], columns: [ { data: 'first_name' }, { data: 'last_name' }, { data: 'updated_date' }, { data: 'registered_date', columnControl: [{ target: 1, content: [{ extend: 'search', mask: 'YYYY-MM-DD', format: 'D MMM YYYY' }] }] } ], layout: { topStart: { buttons: [ { extend: 'create', editor: editor }, { extend: 'edit', editor: editor }, { extend: 'remove', editor: editor } ] } }, ordering: { indicators: false }, select: true, serverSide: true });`

In addition to the above code, the following JavaScript library files are loaded for use in this example:

The HTML shown below is the raw HTML table element, before it has been enhanced by DataTables:

This example uses a little bit of additional CSS beyond what is loaded from the library files (below), in order to correctly display the table. The additional CSS used is shown below:

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The following CSS library files are loaded for use in this example to provide the styling of the table:

This table loads data by Ajax. The latest data that has been loaded is shown below. This data will update automatically as any additional data is loaded.

The script used to perform the server-side processing for this table is shown below. Please note that this is just an example script using PHP. Server-side processing scripts can be written in any language, using the protocol described in the DataTables documentation.