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 - Fixed a bug that caused the date picker widget from the DateTime extension to render incorrectly (thanks, @mikmart, #1116).
 
+- Column formatting now also applies to range labels shown on filter sliders (thanks, @GitChub, @mikmart, #247).
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 # CHANGES IN DT VERSION 0.31
 
 - Upgraded DataTables version to 1.13.6 (thanks, @stla, #1091).