diff --git a/doc/_templates/demo_tabular_pipeline.html b/doc/_templates/demo_tabular_pipeline.html
index b52b60a84..13f2c732b 100644
--- a/doc/_templates/demo_tabular_pipeline.html
+++ b/doc/_templates/demo_tabular_pipeline.html
@@ -47,26 +47,26 @@
   </thead>
   <tbody>
     <tr>
-      <th>0</th>
-      <td>F</td>
-      <td>POL</td>
-      <td>Department of Police</td>
-      <td>MSB Information Mgmt and...</td>
+      <th>1</th>
+      <td>M</td>
+      <td>FRS</td>
+      <td>Fire and Rescue Services</td>
+      <td>Third Battalion - Administration</td>
       <td>Fulltime-Regular</td>
-      <td>Office Services Coordinator</td>
-      <td>09/22/1986</td>
-      <td>1986</td>
+      <td>Fire/Rescue Lieutenant</td>
+      <td>06/07/2004</td>
+      <td>2004</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
-      <th>1</th>
+      <th>2</th>
       <td>M</td>
-      <td>POL</td>
-      <td>Department of Police</td>
-      <td>ISB Major Crimes...</td>
+      <td>HHS</td>
+      <td>Department of Health and Human Services</td>
+      <td>Environmental Health and Regulatory Services</td>
       <td>Fulltime-Regular</td>
-      <td>Master Police Officer</td>
-      <td>09/12/1988</td>
-      <td>1988</td>
+      <td>Environmental Health Specialist III</td>
+      <td>02/20/2007</td>
+      <td>2007</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th>...</th>
@@ -82,24 +82,24 @@
     <tr>
       <th>9226</th>
       <td>M</td>
-      <td>CCL</td>
-      <td>County Council</td>
-      <td>Council Central Staff</td>
+      <td>DGS</td>
+      <td>Department of General Services</td>
+      <td>Facilities Maintenance</td>
       <td>Fulltime-Regular</td>
-      <td>Manager II</td>
-      <td>09/05/2006</td>
-      <td>2006</td>
+      <td>Master Plumber</td>
+      <td>03/26/2001</td>
+      <td>2001</td>
     </tr>
     <tr>
       <th>9227</th>
-      <td>M</td>
-      <td>DLC</td>
-      <td>Department of Liquor Control</td>
-      <td>Licensure, Regulation...</td>
+      <td>F</td>
+      <td>HHS</td>
+      <td>Department of Health and Human Services</td>
+      <td>Infants and Toddlers</td>
       <td>Fulltime-Regular</td>
-      <td>Alcohol/Tobacco Enforcement Specialist II</td>
-      <td>01/30/2012</td>
-      <td>2012</td>
+      <td>Program Specialist II</td>
+      <td>03/25/2013</td>
+      <td>2013</td>
     </tr>
   </tbody>
 </table>
diff --git a/doc/table_report.py b/doc/table_report.py
index 639af7e35..01476db12 100644
--- a/doc/table_report.py
+++ b/doc/table_report.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 
 def generate_demo():
     X = fetch_employee_salaries().X
+    X = X.sample(frac=1, random_state=145).reset_index(drop=True)
+
     with open(
         "_templates/demo_table_report_generated.html", "w", encoding="utf-8"
     ) as f:
diff --git a/skrub/_to_datetime.py b/skrub/_to_datetime.py
index 81bbeb577..2d3b0356f 100644
--- a/skrub/_to_datetime.py
+++ b/skrub/_to_datetime.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class ToDatetime(SingleColumnTransformer):
 
     Parameters
     ----------
-    format : str or None, optional, default=None
+    format : str or None or a given list of str, optional, default=None
         Format to use for parsing dates that are stored as strings, e.g.
         ``"%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M%S"``.
         If not specified, the format is inferred from the data when possible.
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ def transform(self, column):
         return sbd.cast(column, self.output_dtype_)
 
     def _get_datetime_format(self, column):
-        if self.format is not None:
+        if self.format is not None and isinstance(self.format, str) :
             return self.format
         not_null = sbd.drop_nulls(column)
         sample = sbd.sample(
@@ -432,6 +432,13 @@ def _get_datetime_format(self, column):
         )
         if not sbd.is_string(sample):
             return None
+        if isinstance(self.format, list):
+            for format_option in self.format: 
+                try:
+                    sbd.to_datetime(column, format=format_option, strict=False)
+                    return proposed_format 
+                except Exception:
+                    continue
         return _guess_datetime_format(sample)