Many thanks in advice, if you can offer any suggestions.

Here is the adapted code -

$(function() {
var dayNames = {};
dayNames["Mon"] = “01″;
dayNames["Tue"] = “02″;
dayNames["Wed"] = “03″;
dayNames["Thu"] = “04″;
dayNames["Fri"] = “05″;
dayNames["Sat"] = “06″;
dayNames["Sun"] = “07″;

var dateNames = {};
dateNames["1st"] = “01″;
dateNames["2nd"] = “02″;
dateNames["3rd"] = “03″;
dateNames["4th"] = “04″;
dateNames["5th"] = “05″;
dateNames["6th"] = “06″;
dateNames["7th"] = “0″;
dateNames["8th"] = “08″;
dateNames["9th"] = “09″;
dateNames["10th"] = “10″;
dateNames["11th"] = “11″;
dateNames["12th"] = “12″;
dateNames["13th"] = “13″;
dateNames["14th"] = “14″;
dateNames["15th"] = “15″;
dateNames["16th"] = “16″;
dateNames["17th"] = “17″;
dateNames["18th"] = “18″;
dateNames["19th"] = “19″;
dateNames["20th"] = “20″;
dateNames["21st"] = “21″;
dateNames["22nd"] = “22″;
dateNames["23rd"] = “23″;
dateNames["24th"] = “24″;
dateNames["25th"] = “25″;
dateNames["26th"] = “26″;
dateNames["27th"] = “27″;
dateNames["28th"] = “28″;
dateNames["29th"] = “29″;
dateNames["30th"] = “30″;
dateNames["31st"] = “31″;

var monthNames = {};
monthNames["Jan"] = “01″;
monthNames["Feb"] = “02″;
monthNames["Mar"] = “03″;
monthNames["Apr"] = “04″;
monthNames["May"] = “05″;
monthNames["Jun"] = “06″;
monthNames["Jul"] = “07″;
monthNames["Aug"] = “08″;
monthNames["Sep"] = “09″;
monthNames["Oct"] = “10″;
monthNames["Nov"] = “11″;
monthNames["Dec"] = “12″;

$.tablesorter.addParser({
id: ‘bishDate’,
is: function(s) {
return false;
},
format: function(s) {
var hit = s.match(/([A-Za-z]{3})\s(\d{2}[a-z]{2})\s([A-Za-z]{3})\s(\d{4})/);

var d = hit[1];
d = dayNames[d];
var D = hit[2];
D = dateNames[D];
var m = hit[3];
m = monthNames[m];
var y = hit[4];
return “” + y + m + D + d;
},
type: ‘numeric’
});

});

$(function() {
$(“table”)
.tablesorter({widthFixed: true, widgets: ['zebra'],headers: {3: {sorter: ‘bishDate’}}, sortList: [[3,0]]})
.tablesorterPager({container: $(“#pager”)});
});