Kendo UI Grid- - Default Sort Date Asc

Question

I'm using kendo UI, and am looking to default sort my grid by ascending date, but can't figure out how to modify this. My understanding is that it is part of the data-source section:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<CustomerAnimalViewModel>()
                .Name(gridId)
                .HtmlAttributes(new { @class = "grid" })
                .Columns(columns =>
                {
                    columns.Bound(c => c.AnimalId).Visible(false);
                    columns.Bound(c => c.RegistrationNumber).ClientTemplate("<a class='active' href=javascript:viewAnimal(\"" + "#: AnimalId #" + "\",\"" + "#=escape(Name) #" + "\")  >#: RegistrationNumber #</a>");
                    columns.Bound(c => c.Type);
                    columns.Bound(c => c.Prefix);
                    columns.Bound(c => c.Name);
                    columns.Bound(c => c.DateOfBirth).ClientTemplate("#= kendo.toString(DateOfBirth == null ? '' : DateOfBirth, '" + Constants.DateFormat + "') #");
                    columns.Bound(c => c.Sex);
                    columns.Bound(c => c.HMC);
                    columns.Bound(c => c.Usability).Visible(false);
                    columns.Bound(c => c.Status);
                    columns.Command(command => { command.Destroy(); }).Title(Resources.Actions);
                })
                .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
                    .Ajax()

                    .Model(model =>
                    {
                        model.Id(p => p.AnimalId);
                        model.Field(p => p.RegistrationNumber);
                        model.Field(p => p.Type);
                        model.Field(p => p.Prefix);
                        model.Field(p => p.Name);
                        model.Field(p => p.Status);
                        model.Field(p => p.Sex);
                        model.Field(p => p.HMC);
                        model.Field(p => p.Usability);
                        model.Field(p => p.Status);
                    })
                    .Read(read => read.Action("ReadTypes", "Customer").Data("filterData"))
                    .Destroy(destroy => destroy.Action("DeleteAnimal", "Customer"))
                )
                .Navigatable()
                .Sortable()
                .Filterable()
                .Pageable()

           )

Answer 1

add .Sort(x=>x.Add("DateOfBirth").Ascending()) in dataSource

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<CustomerAnimalViewModel>()
                    .Name(gridId)
                    .HtmlAttributes(new { @class = "grid" })
                    .Columns(columns =>
                    {
                        columns.Bound(c => c.AnimalId).Visible(false);
                        columns.Bound(c => c.RegistrationNumber).ClientTemplate("<a class='active' href=javascript:viewAnimal(\"" + "#: AnimalId #" + "\",\"" + "#=escape(Name) #" + "\")  >#: RegistrationNumber #</a>");
                        columns.Bound(c => c.Type);
                        columns.Bound(c => c.Prefix);
                        columns.Bound(c => c.Name);
                        columns.Bound(c => c.DateOfBirth).ClientTemplate("#= kendo.toString(DateOfBirth == null ? '' : DateOfBirth, '" + Constants.DateFormat + "') #");
                        columns.Bound(c => c.Sex);
                        columns.Bound(c => c.HMC);
                        columns.Bound(c => c.Usability).Visible(false);
                        columns.Bound(c => c.Status);
                        columns.Command(command => { command.Destroy(); }).Title(Resources.Actions);
                    })
                    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
                        .Ajax()
                        .Sort(x=>x.Add("DateOfBirth").Ascending())
                        .Model(model =>
                        {
                            model.Id(p => p.AnimalId);
                            model.Field(p => p.RegistrationNumber);
                            model.Field(p => p.Type);
                            model.Field(p => p.Prefix);
                            model.Field(p => p.Name);
                            model.Field(p => p.Status);
                            model.Field(p => p.Sex);
                            model.Field(p => p.HMC);
                            model.Field(p => p.Usability);
                            model.Field(p => p.Status);
                        })
                        .Read(read => read.Action("ReadTypes", "Customer").Data("filterData"))
                        .Destroy(destroy => destroy.Action("DeleteAnimal", "Customer"))
                    )
                    .Navigatable()
                    .Sortable()
                    .Filterable()
                    .Pageable()

               )

Answer 2

Single column sort:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<T>()
    .Name("grid")
    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
        .Ajax()
        .Sort(x=>x.Add("DateOfBirth").Ascending())
    ....)    

Multi-column sort:

@(Html.Kendo().Grid<T>()
    .Name("grid")
    .Sortable(sortable => sortable.SortMode(GridSortMode.MultipleColumn))
    .DataSource(dataSource => dataSource
        .Ajax()
        .Sort(s =>
                {
                    s.Add(l => l.F_NAME).Descending();
                    s.Add(l => l.L_NAME).Descending();                        
                })
    ....)