diff --git a/mailboxes/boxes-lib.pl b/mailboxes/boxes-lib.pl
index 332f6373a..e36e87aa5 100644
--- a/mailboxes/boxes-lib.pl
+++ b/mailboxes/boxes-lib.pl
@@ -1310,25 +1310,26 @@ while($lines[++$l]) {
 return $data;
 }
 
-# simplify_date(datestring)
+# simplify_date(datestring, [format])
 # Given a date from an email header, convert to the user's preferred format
 sub simplify_date
 {
-local $u = &parse_mail_date($_[0]);
+local ($date, $fmt) = @_;
+local $u = &parse_mail_date($date);
 if ($u) {
-	local $fmt = $userconfig{'date_fmt'} || $config{'date_fmt'} || "dmy";
+	$fmt ||= $userconfig{'date_fmt'} || $config{'date_fmt'} || "dmy";
 	local $strf = $fmt eq "dmy" ? "%d/%m/%Y" :
 		      $fmt eq "mdy" ? "%m/%d/%Y" :
 				      "%Y/%m/%d";
 	return strftime("$strf %H:%M", localtime($u));
         }
-elsif ($_[0] =~ /^(\S+),\s+0*(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+)/) {
+elsif ($date =~ /^(\S+),\s+0*(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+)/) {
 	return "$2/$3/$4 $5:$6";
 	}
-elsif ($_[0] =~ /^0*(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+)/) {
+elsif ($date =~ /^0*(\d+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+)/) {
 	return "$1/$2/$3 $4:$5";
 	}
-return $_[0];
+return $date;
 }
 
 # simplify_from(from)
@@ -2457,6 +2458,13 @@ my $rv = eval {
 				      $7 < 50 ? $7+100 : $7 < 1000 ? $7 : $7-1900);
 		return $tm;
 		}
+	elsif ($str =~ /^(\S+)\s+(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)/) {
+		# Format like Tue Dec  7 12:58:52
+		local @now = localtime(time());
+		local $tm = timelocal($6, $5, $4, $3, &month_to_number($2),
+				      $now[5]);
+		return $tm;
+		}
 	elsif ($str =~ /^(\S+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\d+):(\d+):(\d+)\s+(\d+)\s+(\S+)/) {
 		# Format like Dec  7 12:58:52 2004 GMT
 		local $tm = timelocal($5, $4, $3, $2, &month_to_number($1),
diff --git a/postfix/CHANGELOG b/postfix/CHANGELOG
index 750483f2b..0d42d9b56 100644
--- a/postfix/CHANGELOG
+++ b/postfix/CHANGELOG
@@ -62,3 +62,5 @@ Converted all pages to use the new Webmin UI library, for a more consistent and
 Autoreply messages containing non-ASCII characters are now properly quoted-printable encoded.
 ---- Changes since 1.440 ----
 Added a module config option to control if the user is prompted for confirmation before deleting queued messages.
+---- Changes since 1.450 ----
+Changed the mail queue date format to yyyy/mm/dd, for easier sorting.
diff --git a/sendmail/CHANGELOG b/sendmail/CHANGELOG
index 5f59d9c00..5c399769a 100644
--- a/sendmail/CHANGELOG
+++ b/sendmail/CHANGELOG
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ Autoreply messages containing non-ASCII characters are now properly quoted-print
 ---- Changes since 1.440 ----
 Added a Module Config option to control if the user is prompted for confirmation before deleting queued messages.
 A custom command to rebuild all maps can be specified on the Module Config page, to be used instead of makemap or newaliases.
+---- Changes since 1.450 ----
+Changed the mail queue date format to yyyy/mm/dd, for easier sorting.
diff --git a/sendmail/sendmail-lib.pl b/sendmail/sendmail-lib.pl
index bb131b706..82c5e235d 100644
--- a/sendmail/sendmail-lib.pl
+++ b/sendmail/sendmail-lib.pl
@@ -611,7 +611,7 @@ foreach my $f (@$qfiles) {
 	else {
 		push(@cols, $n);
 		}
-	push(@cols, "<font size=1>$mail->{'header'}->{'date'}</font>") if ($show{'Date'});
+	push(@cols, "<font size=1>".&simplify_date($mail->{'header'}->{'date'}, "ymd")."</font>") if ($show{'Date'});
 	push(@cols, "<font size=1>$mail->{'header'}->{'from'}</font>") if ($show{'From'});
 	push(@cols, "<font size=1>$mail->{'header'}->{'to'}</font>") if ($show{'To'});
 	push(@cols, "<font size=1>$mail->{'header'}->{'cc'}</font>") if ($show{'Cc'});