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Description of problem: When selecting to sort the RPM package list for a system, the installation dates are processed alphabetically. It would be expected for the sort order bo be chronological. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 5.4.1 How reproducible: Always. Steps to Reproduce: 1. Select a system. 2. Select "Software" 3. Select "Packages" 4. Select "List/Remove" 5. Select "Installed" Actual results: Installation dates are sorted alphabetically (either ascending or decending). Expected results: Installation order should be presented chronologically. Workaround: On the client, use "rpm -qa --queryformat" to display the date, then post-process that to convert the unix timestamp to a user-preferred format. rpm -qa --queryformat "%{INSTALLTIME} %{NAME}\n" | sort -n | awk '{print strftime("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S",$1),$2;}'
This has been fixed in upstream back in 2011. See Bug 722453 for more details. The fix is available in Satellite 5.5 and newer. As Satellite 5.4 was EOLed, I'm closing this BZ.