On the client side, you can use the sorttype and datefmt options to instruct jqGrid to sort these columns. 

For example:

sorttype: "date", datefmt: "M d, Y at h:i"


Sort Date Column in jqgrid
I just started a diploma in software development. Right now we're starting out with basic Java and such (so right from the bottom you might say) - which is fine, I have no programming experience apart from knowing how to do "Hello World" in Java.

I keep hearing that mathematics is pertinent to coding, but how is it so? What general examples would show how mathematics and programming go together, or are reliant on one another?

I apologize of my question is vague, I'm barely starting to get a rough idea of the kind of world I'm stepping into as a code monkey student...
