--- a/src/main/webapp/jquery/js/dataTables.dateFormat.js	Tue Jun 05 15:40:45 2012 +0200
+++ b/src/main/webapp/jquery/js/dataTables.dateFormat.js	Tue Jun 05 15:40:45 2012 +0200
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * https://github.com/sedovsek/DataTables-EU-date-Plug-In
  * commit 4069413
+ * (+ strip html tags surrounding dates)
  *
  * Copyright 2011 https://github.com/sedovsek
  *
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
  */
 
 function calculate_date(date) {
-	var date = date.replace(" ", "");
+	var date = date.replace(/<.*?>/g, "").replace(" ", "");
 	
 	if (date.indexOf('.') > 0) {
 		/*date a, format dd.mn.(yyyy) ; (year is optional)*/