+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #755470 +++

Description of problem:
Going to Schedule tab and checking through Archived actions, unable to sort the list by Scheduled Time.  The column header is sortable, but the end result looks like an alphabetical sort rather than a date sort.

Page is: rhn/schedule/ArchivedActions.do

Result example:

10/10/11 time
10/10/11 time
10/11/11 time
10/11/11 time
10/11/11 time
10/20/11 time
10/20/11 time
10/20/11 time
10/26/11 time
10/26/11 time
10/3/11 time
10/3/11 time
10/5/11 time

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
RHN Satellite v5.4.1

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Login to Satellite -> Go to Schedule tab
2. Click on 'Scheduled Time' to sort the results based on this column
  
Actual results:
Sorting is not as per the date

Expected results:
Sorting should be as per the date & time under 'Scheduled Time'

--- Additional comment from pmutha on 2011-11-21 04:09:46 EST ---

======= Engineering =======

Looking into the code, here is what I see :

spacewalk/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/frontend/action/schedule/ArchivedActionsSetupAction.java

    /** 
     *  
     * {@inheritDoc}
     */ 
    public List getResult(RequestContext context) {
        return ActionManager.archivedActions(context.getCurrentUser(), null);
    }   

Here we are using ListHelper

spacewalk/java/code/src/com/redhat/rhn/manager/action/ActionManager.java

     /**
     * Helper method that does the work of getting a specific
     * DataResult for scheduled actions.
     * @param user The user in question
     * @param pc The details of which results to return
     * @param mode The mode
     * @return Returns a list containing the actions for the user
     */
    private static DataResult getActions(User user, PageControl pc, String mode,
            String setLabel) {
        SelectMode m = ModeFactory.getMode("Action_queries", mode);
        Map params = new HashMap();
        params.put("user_id", user.getId());
        params.put("org_id", user.getOrg().getId());
        if (setLabel != null) {
            params.put("set_label", setLabel);
        }
        if (pc != null) {
            return makeDataResult(params, params, pc, m);
        }
        DataResult dr = m.execute(params);
        dr.setTotalSize(dr.size());
        dr.setElaborationParams(params);
        return dr;
    }


spacewalk/web/modules/rhn/RHN/DB/DataSource/xml/Action_queries.xml

<mode name="archived_action_list">
  <query params="user_id, org_id">
SELECT  DISTINCT UAO.id AS ID,
        TO_CHAR(UAO.earliest_action, 'YYYY-MM-DD HH24:MI:SS') AS EARLIEST,
        UAO.type_name,
        (CASE UAO.action_name WHEN NULL THEN UAO.type_name ELSE UAO.action_name END) AS ACTION_NAME
  FROM  rhnUserActionOverview UAO
 WHERE  UAO.org_id = :org_id
   AND  UAO.user_id = :user_id
   AND  UAO.archived = 1
ORDER BY EARLIEST DESC
  </query>

Checking the spacewalk/java/code/webapp/WEB-INF/pages/schedule/archivedactions.jsp we see :

                <rl:column sortable="true"
                                   bound="false"
                           headerkey="actions.jsp.earliest"
                           sortattr="earliest" >
                        <c:out value="${current.earliest}" />
                </rl:column>


In the database query, TO_CHAR is converting the date & time into VARCHAR2 datatype and further ListHelper is being used. We can't see anywhere the earliest being converted into date from char. I doubt if this is leading to sorting of the timestamp as a string instead of timestamp. I have attached the screenshot of the Archived Actions page where we can see that sorting is not done as expected.

Similar bugs :
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=508771
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722453
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=574594

--- Additional comment from pmutha on 2011-11-21 04:16:16 EST ---

Internal Reproducer details :
----------------------------

https://agonda.gsslab.pnq.redhat.com/rhn/schedule/ArchivedActions.do
satadmin/redpsace root/redspace

Sort in ascending order (.v.)
Errata Update: RHBA-2009:1573-3 - vconfig bug fix update 	8/25/11 3:16:09 AM EDT 	1 	0 	0 	1
Errata Update: RHBA-2009:0453-3 - tcp_wrappers bug fix update 	8/25/11 7:51:14 PM EDT 	1 	0 	0 	1
Errata Update: RHBA-2011:0759-1 - mdadm bug fix and enhancement update 	8/25/11 9:54:22 PM EDT 	1 	0 	0 	1
Initiate a kickstart 	8/8/11 12:45:03 AM EDT 	0 	1 	0 	1

So here timestamps are :
8/25/11 3:16:09 AM EDT
8/25/11 7:51:14 PM EDT 
8/25/11 9:54:22 PM EDT
8/8/11 12:45:03 AM EDT   <-- this should have been first as the sort was in ascending order.

--- Additional comment from sherr on 2012-03-13 13:28:47 EDT ---

Fixed in Spacewalk master, 8a5693042f5c751379aea80d618e3c140646454d