diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 380e437..259f07e 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ composer.lock
 .*.sw[a-z]
 *.un~
 Session.vim
+/nbproject/private/
+nbproject/project.properties
+nbproject/project.xml
diff --git a/Datatables/Datatable.php b/Datatables/Datatable.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index a65fdf1..944ed02
--- a/Datatables/Datatable.php
+++ b/Datatables/Datatable.php
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 <?php
+
 /**
  * Recognizes mData sent from DataTables where dotted notations represent a related
  * entity. For example, defining the following in DataTables...
@@ -30,13 +31,13 @@
 use Doctrine\ORM\QueryBuilder;
 use Doctrine\ORM\EntityRepository;
 use Doctrine\ORM\Tools\Pagination\Paginator;
-
 use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\Container;
 use Symfony\Component\Config\Definition\Exception\Exception;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
 
 class Datatable
 {
+
     /**
      * Doctrine innerJoin type
      */
@@ -193,6 +194,11 @@ class Datatable
      * @var array The formatted data from the search results to return to DataTables.js
      */
     protected $datatable;
+    /**
+     *
+     * @var integer Used to add associations multiple times if required
+     */
+    protected $count = 1;
 
     public function __construct(array $request, EntityRepository $repository, ClassMetadata $metadata, EntityManager $em, $serializer)
     {
@@ -207,7 +213,7 @@ public function __construct(array $request, EntityRepository $repository, ClassM
         $this->setParameters();
         $this->qb = $em->createQueryBuilder();
         $this->echo = $this->request['sEcho'];
-        $this->search = $this->request['sSearch'];
+        $this->search = isset($this->request['sSearch']) ? : '';
         $this->offset = $this->request['iDisplayStart'];
         $this->amount = $this->request['iDisplayLength'];
 
@@ -271,7 +277,7 @@ public function setParameters()
         if (is_numeric($this->request['iColumns'])) {
             $params = array();
             $associations = array();
-            for ($i=0; $i < intval($this->request['iColumns']); $i++) {
+            for ($i = 0; $i < intval($this->request['iColumns']); $i++) {
                 $fields = explode('.', $this->request['mDataProp_' . $i]);
                 $params[] = $this->request['mDataProp_' . $i];
                 $associations[] = array('containsCollections' => false);
@@ -293,7 +299,8 @@ public function setParameters()
      * @param array Association information for a column (by reference)
      * @param array The column fields from dotted notation
      */
-    protected function setRelatedEntityColumnInfo(array &$association, array $fields) {
+    protected function setRelatedEntityColumnInfo(array &$association, array $fields, $multipleJoin = false)
+    {
         $mdataName = implode('.', $fields);
         $lastField = Container::camelize(array_pop($fields));
         $joinName = $this->tableName;
@@ -311,24 +318,29 @@ protected function setRelatedEntityColumnInfo(array &$association, array $fields
                     $association['containsCollections'] = true;
                 }
                 $metadata = $this->em->getClassMetadata(
-                    $metadata->getAssociationTargetClass($entityName)
+                        $metadata->getAssociationTargetClass($entityName)
                 );
+                
+                if ($metadata->hasField(lcfirst($lastField))) {
+                    $association['type'] = $metadata->getTypeOfField(lcfirst($lastField));
+                }
+                
                 $joinName .= '_' . $this->getJoinName(
-                    $metadata,
-                    Container::camelize($metadata->getTableName()),
-                    $entityName
+                                $metadata, Container::camelize($metadata->getTableName()), $entityName
                 );
                 // The join required to get to the entity in question
+                if ($multipleJoin) {
+                    $joinName .= '_' . $this->count++;
+                }
+                error_log($joinName);
                 if (!isset($this->assignedJoins[$joinName])) {
                     $this->assignedJoins[$joinName]['joinOn'] = $joinOn;
                     $this->assignedJoins[$joinName]['mdataColumn'] = $columnName;
                     $this->identifiers[$joinName] = $metadata->getIdentifierFieldNames();
                 }
-            }
-            else {
+            } else {
                 throw new Exception(
-                    "Association  '$entityName' not found ($mdataName)",
-                    '404'
+                "Association  '$entityName' not found ($mdataName)", '404'
                 );
             }
         }
@@ -336,8 +348,7 @@ protected function setRelatedEntityColumnInfo(array &$association, array $fields
         // Check the last field on the last related entity of the dotted notation
         if (!$metadata->hasField(lcfirst($lastField))) {
             throw new Exception(
-                "Field '$lastField' on association '$entityName' not found ($mdataName)",
-                '404'
+            "Field '$lastField' on association '$entityName' not found ($mdataName)", '404'
             );
         }
         $association['entityName'] = $entityName;
@@ -352,19 +363,54 @@ protected function setRelatedEntityColumnInfo(array &$association, array $fields
      * @param array  The association information as a reference
      * @param string The field name on the main entity
      */
-    protected function setSingleFieldColumnInfo(array &$association, $fieldName) {
+    protected function setSingleFieldColumnInfo(array &$association, $fieldName)
+    {
         $fieldName = Container::camelize($fieldName);
 
         if (!$this->metadata->hasField(lcfirst($fieldName))) {
             throw new Exception(
-                "Field '$fieldName' not found.)",
-                '404'
+            "Field '$fieldName' not found.)", '404'
             );
         }
 
         $association['fieldName'] = $fieldName;
         $association['entityName'] = $this->tableName;
         $association['fullName'] = $this->tableName . '.' . lcfirst($fieldName);
+        $association['type'] = $this->metadata->getTypeOfField(lcfirst($fieldName));
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * reverses and hyphens date time string
+     * @param strng $str
+     * @return string
+     */
+    private function formatDateForDb($str)
+    {
+
+        // allow for hyphens instead of slashes
+        $str = str_replace('-', '/', trim($str));
+
+        // no hyphens - nothing to do 
+        if (false === strpos($str, '/')) {
+            return $str;
+        }
+
+        // extract date time
+        $parts = preg_split('/ /', $str);
+
+        // reverse date part
+        $a = explode('/', $parts[0]);
+        $a = array_reverse($a);
+
+        // glue back together with hyphens
+        $out = implode('-', $a);
+
+        // add time part back on
+        if (count($parts) > 1) {
+            $out .= ' ' . $parts[1];
+        }
+
+        return $out;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -380,7 +426,7 @@ protected function getJoinName(ClassMetadata $metadata, $tableName, $entityName)
 
         // If it is self-referencing then we must avoid collisions
         if ($metadata->getName() == $this->metadata->getName()) {
-            $joinName .= "_$entityName";   
+            $joinName .= "_$entityName";
         }
 
         return $joinName;
@@ -457,10 +503,9 @@ public function setOrderBy(QueryBuilder $qb)
     {
         if (isset($this->request['iSortCol_0'])) {
             for ($i = 0; $i < intval($this->request['iSortingCols']); $i++) {
-                if ($this->request['bSortable_'.intval($this->request['iSortCol_'. $i])] == "true") {
+                if ($this->request['bSortable_' . intval($this->request['iSortCol_' . $i])] == "true") {
                     $qb->addOrderBy(
-                        $this->associations[$this->request['iSortCol_'.$i]]['fullName'],
-                        $this->request['sSortDir_'.$i]
+                            $this->associations[$this->request['iSortCol_' . $i]]['fullName'], $this->request['sSortDir_' . $i]
                     );
                 }
             }
@@ -477,14 +522,17 @@ public function setWhere(QueryBuilder $qb)
         // Global filtering
         if ($this->search != '') {
             $orExpr = $qb->expr()->orX();
-            for ($i=0 ; $i < count($this->parameters); $i++) {
-                if (isset($this->request['bSearchable_'.$i]) && $this->request['bSearchable_'.$i] == "true") {
+            for ($i = 0; $i < count($this->parameters); $i++) {
+                if (isset($this->request['bSearchable_' . $i]) && $this->request['bSearchable_' . $i] == "true") {
                     $qbParam = "sSearch_global_{$this->associations[$i]['entityName']}_{$this->associations[$i]['fieldName']}";
                     $orExpr->add($qb->expr()->like(
-                        $this->associations[$i]['fullName'],
-                        ":$qbParam"
+                                    $this->associations[$i]['fullName'], ":$qbParam"
                     ));
-                    $qb->setParameter($qbParam, "%" . $this->request['sSearch'] . "%");
+                    if('datetime' == $this->associations[$i]['type']) {
+                        $qb->setParameter($qbParam, "%" . $this->formatDateForDb($this->request['sSearch']) . "%");
+                    } else {
+                        $qb->setParameter($qbParam, "%" . $this->request['sSearch'] . "%");
+                    }
                 }
             }
             $qb->where($orExpr);
@@ -492,14 +540,13 @@ public function setWhere(QueryBuilder $qb)
 
         // Individual column filtering
         $andExpr = $qb->expr()->andX();
-        for ($i=0 ; $i < count($this->parameters); $i++) {
-            if (isset($this->request['bSearchable_'.$i]) && $this->request['bSearchable_'.$i] == "true" && $this->request['sSearch_'.$i] != '') {
+        for ($i = 0; $i < count($this->parameters); $i++) {
+            if (isset($this->request['bSearchable_' . $i]) && $this->request['bSearchable_' . $i] == "true" && $this->request['sSearch_' . $i] != '') {
                 $qbParam = "sSearch_single_{$this->associations[$i]['entityName']}_{$this->associations[$i]['fieldName']}";
                 $andExpr->add($qb->expr()->like(
-                    $this->associations[$i]['fullName'],
-                    ":$qbParam"
+                                $this->associations[$i]['fullName'], ":$qbParam"
                 ));
-                $qb->setParameter($qbParam, "%" . $this->request['sSearch_'.$i] . "%");
+                $qb->setParameter($qbParam, "%" . $this->request['sSearch_' . $i] . "%");
             }
         }
         if ($andExpr->count() > 0) {
@@ -513,6 +560,19 @@ public function setWhere(QueryBuilder $qb)
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a manual association
+     * 
+     * @param type $name - the dotted notation like in mData of the field you need adding
+     */
+    public function addManualAssociation($name, $multipleJoin = false)
+    {
+        $newAssociation = array('containsCollections' => false);
+        $fields = explode('.', $name);
+        $this->setRelatedEntityColumnInfo($newAssociation, $fields, $multipleJoin);
+        $this->associations[] = $newAssociation;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Configure joins for entity associations
      *
@@ -522,7 +582,7 @@ public function setAssociations(QueryBuilder $qb)
     {
         foreach ($this->assignedJoins as $joinName => $joinInfo) {
             $joinType = isset($this->joinTypes[$joinInfo['mdataColumn']]) ?
-                $this->joinTypes[$joinInfo['mdataColumn']] :  $this->defaultJoinType;
+                    $this->joinTypes[$joinInfo['mdataColumn']] : $this->defaultJoinType;
             call_user_func_array(array($qb, $joinType . 'Join'), array(
                 $joinInfo['joinOn'],
                 $joinName
@@ -576,7 +636,7 @@ public function setSelect(QueryBuilder $qb)
      * Method to execute after constructing this object. Configures the object before
      * executing getSearchResults()
      */
-    public function makeSearch() 
+    public function makeSearch()
     {
         $this->setSelect($this->qb);
         $this->setAssociations($this->qb);
@@ -594,8 +654,9 @@ public function makeSearch()
      * @param array An arrray to check
      * @return bool true if associative
      */
-    protected function isAssocArray(array $array) {
-        return (bool)count(array_filter(array_keys($array), 'is_string'));
+    protected function isAssocArray(array $array)
+    {
+        return (bool) count(array_filter(array_keys($array), 'is_string'));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -607,7 +668,7 @@ public function executeSearch()
 
         $query = $this->qb->getQuery()->setHydrationMode(Query::HYDRATE_ARRAY);
         $items = $this->useDoctrinePaginator ?
-            new Paginator($query, $this->doesQueryContainCollections()) : $query->execute();
+                new Paginator($query, $this->doesQueryContainCollections()) : $query->execute();
 
         foreach ($items as $item) {
             if ($this->useDtRowClass && !is_null($this->dtRowClass)) {
@@ -617,7 +678,7 @@ public function executeSearch()
                 $item['DT_RowId'] = $item[$this->rootEntityIdentifier];
             }
             // Go through each requested column, transforming the array as needed for DataTables
-            for ($i = 0 ; $i < count($this->parameters); $i++) {
+            for ($i = 0; $i < count($this->parameters); $i++) {
                 // Results are already correctly formatted if this is the case...
                 if (!$this->associations[$i]['containsCollections']) {
                     continue;
@@ -690,8 +751,7 @@ public function getSearchResults($resultType = '')
     {
         if (empty($resultType) || !defined('self::RESULT_' . strtoupper($resultType))) {
             $resultType = $this->defaultResultType;
-        }
-        else {
+        } else {
             $resultType = constant('self::RESULT_' . strtoupper($resultType));
         }
 
@@ -736,9 +796,10 @@ public function getSearchResultsResponse()
     public function getCountAllResults()
     {
         $qb = $this->repository->createQueryBuilder($this->tableName)
-            ->select('count(' . $this->tableName . '.' . $this->rootEntityIdentifier . ')');
+                ->select('count(' . $this->tableName . '.' . $this->rootEntityIdentifier . ')');
+        $this->setAssociations($qb);
 
-        if (!empty($this->callbacks['WhereBuilder']) && $this->hideFilteredCount)  {
+        if (!empty($this->callbacks['WhereBuilder']) && $this->hideFilteredCount) {
             foreach ($this->callbacks['WhereBuilder'] as $callback) {
                 $callback($qb);
             }
@@ -746,7 +807,7 @@ public function getCountAllResults()
 
         return (int) $qb->getQuery()->getSingleScalarResult();
     }
-    
+
     /**
      * @return int Total query results after searches/filtering
      */
@@ -762,7 +823,8 @@ public function getCountFilteredResults()
     /**
      * @param object A callback function to be used at the end of 'setWhere'
      */
-    public function addWhereBuilderCallback($callback) {
+    public function addWhereBuilderCallback($callback)
+    {
         if (!is_callable($callback)) {
             throw new \Exception("The callback argument must be callable.");
         }
@@ -788,11 +850,12 @@ public function getAmount()
 
     public function getSearch()
     {
-        return  "%" . $this->search . "%";
+        return "%" . $this->search . "%";
     }
 
     public function getQueryBuilder()
     {
-        return  $this->qb;
+        return $this->qb;
     }
+
 }
diff --git a/Datatables/DatatableManager.php b/Datatables/DatatableManager.php
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index b7edf4f..2dd9837
--- a/Datatables/DatatableManager.php
+++ b/Datatables/DatatableManager.php
@@ -1,68 +1,71 @@
-<?php
-
-namespace LanKit\DatatablesBundle\Datatables;
-
-use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
-use Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\Registry as DoctrineRegistry;
-
-class DatatableManager
-{
-    /**
-     * @var object The Doctrine service
-     */
-    protected $doctrine;
-
-    /**
-     * @var object The Symfony2 container to grab the Request object from
-     */
-    protected $container;
-
-    /**
-     * @var boolean Whether or not to use the Doctrine Paginator utility by default
-     */
-    protected $useDoctrinePaginator;
-
-    public function __construct(DoctrineRegistry $doctrine, ContainerInterface $container, $useDoctrinePaginator)
-    {
-        $this->doctrine = $doctrine;
-        $this->container = $container;
-        $this->useDoctrinePaginator = $useDoctrinePaginator;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Given an entity class name or possible alias, convert it to the full class name
-     *
-     * @param string The entity class name or alias
-     * @return string The entity class name
-     */
-    protected function getClassName($className) {
-        if (strpos($className, ':') !== false) {
-           list($namespaceAlias, $simpleClassName) = explode(':', $className);
-           $className = $this->doctrine->getManager()->getConfiguration()
-               ->getEntityNamespace($namespaceAlias) . '\\' . $simpleClassName;
-        }
-        return $className;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * @param string An entity class name or alias 
-     * @return object Get a DataTable instance for the given entity
-     */
-    public function getDatatable($class)
-    {
-        $class = $this->getClassName($class);
-
-        $metadata = $this->doctrine->getManager()->getClassMetadata($class);
-        $repository = $this->doctrine->getRepository($class);
-
-        $datatable = new Datatable(
-            $this->container->get('request')->query->all(),
-            $this->doctrine->getRepository($class),
-            $this->doctrine->getManager()->getClassMetadata($class),
-            $this->doctrine->getManager(),
-            $this->container->get('lankit_datatables.serializer')
-        );
-        return $datatable->useDoctrinePaginator($this->useDoctrinePaginator); 
-    }
-}
-
+<?php
+
+namespace LanKit\DatatablesBundle\Datatables;
+
+use Symfony\Component\DependencyInjection\ContainerInterface;
+use Doctrine\Bundle\DoctrineBundle\Registry as DoctrineRegistry;
+
+class DatatableManager
+{
+    /**
+     * @var object The Doctrine service
+     */
+    protected $doctrine;
+
+    /**
+     * @var object The Symfony2 container to grab the Request object from
+     */
+    protected $container;
+
+    /**
+     * @var boolean Whether or not to use the Doctrine Paginator utility by default
+     */
+    protected $useDoctrinePaginator;
+	
+    /**
+    *  the entity manager
+    **/
+    protected $manager;
+
+    public function __construct(DoctrineRegistry $doctrine, ContainerInterface $container, $useDoctrinePaginator)
+    {
+        $this->doctrine = $doctrine;
+        $this->container = $container;
+        $this->useDoctrinePaginator = $useDoctrinePaginator;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Given an entity class name or possible alias, convert it to the full class name
+     *
+     * @param string The entity class name or alias
+     * @return string The entity class name
+     */
+    protected function getClassName($className) {
+        if (strpos($className, ':') !== false) {
+           list($namespaceAlias, $simpleClassName) = explode(':', $className);
+           $className = $this->doctrine->getManager($this->manager)->getConfiguration()
+               ->getEntityNamespace($namespaceAlias) . '\\' . $simpleClassName;
+        }
+        return $className;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param string An entity class name or alias 
+     * @return object Get a DataTable instance for the given entity
+     */
+    public function getDatatable($class, $manager = "default")
+    {
+	$this->manager = $manager;
+        $class = $this->getClassName($class);
+
+        $datatable = new Datatable(
+            $this->container->get('request')->query->all(),
+            $this->doctrine->getManager($this->manager)->getRepository($class),
+            $this->doctrine->getManager($this->manager)->getClassMetadata($class),
+            $this->doctrine->getManager($this->manager),
+            $this->container->get('lankit_datatables.serializer')
+        );
+        return $datatable->useDoctrinePaginator($this->useDoctrinePaginator); 
+    }
+}
+