diff --git a/.datatables-commit-sync b/.datatables-commit-sync
index 0ff8db41..0e77545a 100644
--- a/.datatables-commit-sync
+++ b/.datatables-commit-sync
@@ -1 +1 @@
-23e7a8a3c3e386567adf2ea3a4e454a4ca7ff2f1
+1f4688ea66aa148745212b66562aa3508ee15b98
diff --git a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
index 8d41b2a5..9e3dc41d 100644
--- a/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
+++ b/media/js/jquery.dataTables.js
@@ -104,6 +104,7 @@
 	var _re_new_lines = /[\r\n]/g;
 	var _re_html = /<.*?>/g;
 	var _re_formatted_numeric = /[',$£€¥%]/g;
+	var _re_date_start = /^[\d\+\-a-zA-Z]/;
 	
 	
 	
@@ -2520,11 +2521,12 @@
 		var tableId = settings.sTableId;
 		var previousSearch = settings.oPreviousSearch;
 		var features = settings.aanFeatures;
+		var input = '<input type="search" class="'+classes.sFilterInput+'"/>';
 	
 		var str = settings.oLanguage.sSearch;
 		str = str.match(/_INPUT_/) ?
-			str.replace('_INPUT_', '<input type="search" />') :
-			str+'<input type="search" class="'+classes.sFilterInput+'"/>';
+			str.replace('_INPUT_', input) :
+			str+input;
 	
 		var filter = $('<div/>', {
 				'id': ! features.f ? tableId+'_filter' : null,
@@ -13691,19 +13693,26 @@
 	// Built in type detection. See model.ext.aTypes for information about
 	// what is required from this methods.
 	$.extend( DataTable.ext.type.detect, [
-		// Dates (only those recognised by the browser's Date.parse)
-		function ( d )
-		{
-			var parsed = Date.parse(d);
-			return (parsed !== null && !isNaN(parsed)) || _empty(d) ? 'date' : null;
-		},
-	
-		// Plain numbers
+		// Plain numbers - first since V8 detects some plain numbers as dates
+		// e.g. Date.parse('55') (but not all, e.g. Date.parse('22')...).
 		function ( d )
 		{
 			return _isNumber( d ) ? 'numeric' : null;
 		},
 	
+		// Dates (only those recognised by the browser's Date.parse)
+		function ( d )
+		{
+			// V8 will remove any unknown characters at the start of the expression,
+			// leading to false matches such as `$245.12` being a valid date. See
+			// forum thread 18941 for detail.
+			if ( d && ! _re_date_start.test(d) ) {
+				return null;
+			}
+			var parsed = Date.parse(d);
+			return (parsed !== null && !isNaN(parsed)) || _empty(d) ? 'date' : null;
+		},
+	
 		// Formatted numbers
 		function ( d )
 		{