From 23aeb32cc52bbca05ed33e1176d2b690132f5c0d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Safia Abdalla <safia@safia.rocks>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 15:26:28 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] Added datetime_sort_helper function

---
 notebook/static/base/js/utils.js | 11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/notebook/static/base/js/utils.js b/notebook/static/base/js/utils.js
index c5c89e632..bfccdc207 100644
--- a/notebook/static/base/js/utils.js
+++ b/notebook/static/base/js/utils.js
@@ -829,8 +829,16 @@ define([
         return moment(date).format("YYYY-MM-D HH:mm");
     }
 
+    var datetime_sort_helper = function(a, b, order) {
+        if (moment(a).isBefore(moment(b))) {
+            return (order == 1) ? -1 : 1;
+        } else if (moment(a).isSame(moment(b))) {
+            return 0;
+        } else {
+            return (order == 1) ? 1 : -1;
+        }
+    }
 
-    
     var utils = {
         load_extension: load_extension,
         load_extensions: load_extensions,
@@ -871,6 +879,7 @@ define([
         typeset: typeset,
         time: time,
         format_datetime: format_datetime,
+        datetime_sort_helper: datetime_sort_helper,
         _ansispan:_ansispan
     };