First off, I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, I just can't seem to find any information..

I am trying to figure out sorting with backgrid.js. I love the grid, but if I can't get sorting to work right I need to look for another solution. Here are the items I'm trying to resolve:

1. Sort case insensitive. It seems that when I sort a column that has uppercase and lowercase, it groups them and sorts the groups individually.
2. Sort date. This just doesn't work at all. I'm not sure why.
3. Default sort. I need a way to simulate a user clicking on a column heading where the column will be sorted in descending order.

I was thinking maybe you had a sort function that can be overridden, however I can't find how to do this.

Thanks for backgrid, it's awesome!!