diff --git a/js/sortable.js b/js/sortable.js
index cb3e293..87ed09a 100644
--- a/js/sortable.js
+++ b/js/sortable.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (function() {
-  var SELECTOR, addEventListener, clickEvents, numberRegExp, sortable, touchDevice, trimRegExp;
+  var SELECTOR, addEventListener, clickEvents, numberRegExp, sortable, touchDevice, trimRegExp, hasMoment, momentDateFormat;
 
   SELECTOR = 'table[data-sortable]';
 
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 
   touchDevice = 'ontouchstart' in document.documentElement;
 
+  hasMoment = (typeof window.moment === 'function');
+
+  momentDateFormat = 'YYYY-MM-DD HH:mm:ss';
+
   if (touchDevice) {
     clickEvents.push('touchstart');
   }
@@ -32,6 +36,9 @@
       if (options.selector == null) {
         options.selector = SELECTOR;
       }
+      if (options.momentDateFormat !== null) {
+        momentDateFormat = options.momentDateFormat;
+      }
       tables = document.querySelectorAll(options.selector);
       _results = [];
       for (_i = 0, _len = tables.length; _i < _len; _i++) {
@@ -204,10 +211,19 @@
       defaultSortDirection: 'ascending',
       reverse: true,
       match: function(a) {
-        return !isNaN(Date.parse(a));
+        if (hasMoment) {
+          return moment(a, momentDateFormat).isValid();
+        } else {
+          return !isNaN(Date.parse(a));
+        }
       },
       comparator: function(a) {
-        return Date.parse(a) || 0;
+        if (hasMoment) {
+          var d = moment(a, momentDateFormat);
+          return d.isValid() ? d.toDate() : 0;
+        } else {
+          return Date.parse(a) || 0;
+        }
       }
     }, {
       name: 'alpha',