Custom sorting on values in a data-sort attribute with Jquery Datatables

You can use data-order attr, for example

<table class="table table-bordered table-hover">
<thead>
    <tr>
        <th>Date</th>
        <th>Count</th>
    </tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<?php
   $count = 0;
   foreach($users as $user) {?>
      <tr>
         <td data-order="<?php echo $count ?>">
            <?php echo $user['createdDate']; ?>
         </td>
         <td>
            <?php echo $user['count']; ?>
         </td>
         </tr>
   <?php
      $count++;
   }?>
   <tr>
      <td data-order="999999999999999999999999999"> <!--always last-->
          Total
      </td>
      <td>
         <?php echo count($users); ?>
      </td>
  </tr>

more information HTML5 data-* attributes