diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/StorageHubServiceUtil.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
index c7ce025..0d2af05 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/StorageHubServiceUtil.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.proxies.ItemManagerClient;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.client.proxies.WorkspaceManagerClient;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.Paths;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.expressions.GenericSearchableItem;
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.expressions.OrderField;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.expressions.SearchableItem;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.expressions.logical.ISDescendant;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.items.AbstractFileItem;
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.query.Queries;
 import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.query.Query;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.wswidget.shared.AuthorizedUser;
 import org.gcube.portlets.user.wswidget.shared.WSItem;
-
+import org.gcube.common.storagehub.model.expressions.OrderField.MODE;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.Log;
 import com.liferay.portal.kernel.log.LogFactoryUtil;
 
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ public class StorageHubServiceUtil {
 		query.setExpression(new ISDescendant(Paths.getPath("/Home/"+authUser.getUser().getUsername()+"/Workspace/MySpecialFolders/"+vreFolder.getTitle())));
 		
         query.setLimit(limit);
-        query.setOrder(GenericSearchableItem.get().lastModification);	
+        query.setOrder(new OrderField(GenericSearchableItem.get().lastModification, MODE.DESC));
     	WorkspaceManagerClient wsclient = AbstractPlugin.workspace().build();
         List<? extends Item> theChildren = wsclient.search(query, "hl:accounting", "jcr:content");
 			
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/WorkspaceWidget.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/WorkspaceWidget.java
index 02c3da3..4e660af 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/WorkspaceWidget.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/portlets/user/wswidget/WorkspaceWidget.java
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.gcube.portlets.user.wswidget;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 
@@ -191,8 +190,6 @@ public class WorkspaceWidget extends MVCPortlet {
 	 */
 	private JSONObject buildJSONResponse(List<WSItem> itemsList,  int start, int offset, int draw, int count, ResourceRequest request){
 		JSONArray usersJsonArray = JSONFactoryUtil.createJSONArray();
-		SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM HH:ss yy"); 
-
 		JSONObject jsonUser = null;		
 		for (WSItem item : itemsList) {
 			JSONArray nameAndIconArray = JSONFactoryUtil.createJSONArray();
@@ -210,7 +207,7 @@ public class WorkspaceWidget extends MVCPortlet {
 			jsonUser.put("Id",item.getId());
 			jsonUser.put("Name", stringfiedJsonArray.substring(1, stringfiedJsonArray.length()-1)); //without square brackets so that it is parsable in the client
 			jsonUser.put("Owner",item.getOwner());
-			jsonUser.put("LastModified", sdf.format(item.getLastUpdated()));
+			jsonUser.put("LastModified", item.getLastUpdated().getTime());
 			jsonUser.put("isFolder", item.isFolder() || item.isSharedFolder() || item.isSpecialFolder());
 			usersJsonArray.put(jsonUser);
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/html/workspacewidget/view.jsp b/src/main/webapp/html/workspacewidget/view.jsp
index c21a502..e390e24 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/html/workspacewidget/view.jsp
+++ b/src/main/webapp/html/workspacewidget/view.jsp
@@ -132,12 +132,14 @@ function mainTable() {
 	        },
 	        { "data": "LastModified" ,
 		      "render": function ( data, type, row, meta ) {
-		     		return '<span style="font-size: 12px;">'+data+'</span>';
+		    	  	var date = $.format.date(new Date(data), 'dd MMM HH:mm yy');
+		     		return '<span style="font-size: 10px;">'+date+'</span>';
 		      }
 	        }
 	    ]
 		} 
 	);
+	//	SimpleDateFormat sdf = new SimpleDateFormat("dd MMM HH:mm yy"); 
 	table
 // 	.on( 'select', function ( e, dt, type, indexes ) {
 // 		var selectedId = table.rows( indexes ).data().pluck( 'Id' )[0];
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/dateFormat.min.js b/src/main/webapp/js/dateFormat.min.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb1baf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/dateFormat.min.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+/*! jquery-dateformat 28-04-2018 */
+
+var DateFormat={};!function(e){var I=["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"],O=["Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"],v=["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"],w=["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],a={Jan:"01",Feb:"02",Mar:"03",Apr:"04",May:"05",Jun:"06",Jul:"07",Aug:"08",Sep:"09",Oct:"10",Nov:"11",Dec:"12"},u=/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.?\d{0,3}[Z\-+]?(\d{2}:?\d{2})?/;DateFormat.format=function(){function o(e){return a[e]||e}function i(e){var a,r,t,n,s,o=e,i="";return-1!==o.indexOf(".")&&(o=(n=o.split("."))[0],i=n[n.length-1]),3===(s=o.split(":")).length?(a=s[0],r=s[1],t=s[2].replace(/\s.+/,"").replace(/[a-z]/gi,""),{time:o=o.replace(/\s.+/,"").replace(/[a-z]/gi,""),hour:a,minute:r,second:t,millis:i}):{time:"",hour:"",minute:"",second:"",millis:""}}function D(e,a){for(var r=a-String(e).length,t=0;t<r;t++)e="0"+e;return e}return{parseDate:function(e){var a,r,t={date:null,year:null,month:null,dayOfMonth:null,dayOfWeek:null,time:null};if("number"==typeof e)return this.parseDate(new Date(e));if("function"==typeof e.getFullYear)t.year=String(e.getFullYear()),t.month=String(e.getMonth()+1),t.dayOfMonth=String(e.getDate()),t.time=i(e.toTimeString()+"."+e.getMilliseconds());else if(-1!=e.search(u))a=e.split(/[T\+-]/),t.year=a[0],t.month=a[1],t.dayOfMonth=a[2],t.time=i(a[3].split(".")[0]);else switch(6===(a=e.split(" ")).length&&isNaN(a[5])&&(a[a.length]="()"),a.length){case 6:t.year=a[5],t.month=o(a[1]),t.dayOfMonth=a[2],t.time=i(a[3]);break;case 2:r=a[0].split("-"),t.year=r[0],t.month=r[1],t.dayOfMonth=r[2],t.time=i(a[1]);break;case 7:case 9:case 10:t.year=a[3];var n=parseInt(a[1]),s=parseInt(a[2]);n&&!s?(t.month=o(a[2]),t.dayOfMonth=a[1]):(t.month=o(a[1]),t.dayOfMonth=a[2]),t.time=i(a[4]);break;case 1:r=a[0].split(""),t.year=r[0]+r[1]+r[2]+r[3],t.month=r[5]+r[6],t.dayOfMonth=r[8]+r[9],t.time=i(r[13]+r[14]+r[15]+r[16]+r[17]+r[18]+r[19]+r[20]);break;default:return null}return t.time?t.date=new Date(t.year,t.month-1,t.dayOfMonth,t.time.hour,t.time.minute,t.time.second,t.time.millis):t.date=new Date(t.year,t.month-1,t.dayOfMonth),t.dayOfWeek=String(t.date.getDay()),t},date:function(a,e){try{var r=this.parseDate(a);if(null===r)return a;for(var t,n=r.year,s=r.month,o=r.dayOfMonth,i=r.dayOfWeek,u=r.time,c="",h="",l="",d=!1,y=0;y<e.length;y++){var m=e.charAt(y),f=e.charAt(y+1);if(d)"'"==m?(h+=""===c?"'":c,c="",d=!1):c+=m;else switch(l="",c+=m){case"ddd":h+=(S=i,I[parseInt(S,10)]||S),c="";break;case"dd":if("d"===f)break;h+=D(o,2),c="";break;case"d":if("d"===f)break;h+=parseInt(o,10),c="";break;case"D":h+=o=1==o||21==o||31==o?parseInt(o,10)+"st":2==o||22==o?parseInt(o,10)+"nd":3==o||23==o?parseInt(o,10)+"rd":parseInt(o,10)+"th",c="";break;case"MMMM":h+=(M=s,void 0,g=parseInt(M,10)-1,w[g]||M),c="";break;case"MMM":if("M"===f)break;h+=(k=s,void 0,p=parseInt(k,10)-1,v[p]||k),c="";break;case"MM":if("M"===f)break;h+=D(s,2),c="";break;case"M":if("M"===f)break;h+=parseInt(s,10),c="";break;case"y":case"yyy":if("y"===f)break;h+=c,c="";break;case"yy":if("y"===f)break;h+=String(n).slice(-2),c="";break;case"yyyy":h+=n,c="";break;case"HH":h+=D(u.hour,2),c="";break;case"H":if("H"===f)break;h+=parseInt(u.hour,10),c="";break;case"hh":h+=D(t=0===parseInt(u.hour,10)?12:u.hour<13?u.hour:u.hour-12,2),c="";break;case"h":if("h"===f)break;t=0===parseInt(u.hour,10)?12:u.hour<13?u.hour:u.hour-12,h+=parseInt(t,10),c="";break;case"mm":h+=D(u.minute,2),c="";break;case"m":if("m"===f)break;h+=parseInt(u.minute,10),c="";break;case"ss":h+=D(u.second.substring(0,2),2),c="";break;case"s":if("s"===f)break;h+=parseInt(u.second,10),c="";break;case"S":case"SS":if("S"===f)break;h+=c,c="";break;case"SSS":h+=D(u.millis.substring(0,3),3),c="";break;case"a":h+=12<=u.hour?"PM":"AM",c="";break;case"p":h+=12<=u.hour?"p.m.":"a.m.",c="";break;case"E":h+=(b=i,O[parseInt(b,10)]||b),c="";break;case"'":c="",d=!0;break;default:h+=m,c=""}}return h+=l}catch(e){return console&&console.log&&console.log(e),a}var b,k,p,M,g,S},prettyDate:function(e){var a,r,t,n,s;if("string"!=typeof e&&"number"!=typeof e||(a=new Date(e)),"object"==typeof e&&(a=new Date(e.toString())),r=((new Date).getTime()-a.getTime())/1e3,t=Math.abs(r),n=Math.floor(t/86400),!isNaN(n))return s=r<0?"from now":"ago",t<60?0<=r?"just now":"in a moment":t<120?"1 minute "+s:t<3600?Math.floor(t/60)+" minutes "+s:t<7200?"1 hour "+s:t<86400?Math.floor(t/3600)+" hours "+s:1===n?0<=r?"Yesterday":"Tomorrow":n<7?n+" days "+s:7===n?"1 week "+s:n<31?Math.ceil(n/7)+" weeks "+s:"more than 5 weeks "+s},toBrowserTimeZone:function(e,a){return this.date(new Date(e),a||"MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")}}}()}();
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diff --git a/src/main/webapp/js/main.js b/src/main/webapp/js/main.js
index 8179213..a755091 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/js/main.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/js/main.js
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ function hashStr(str) {
     return hash;
 }
 
+/*! jquery-dateformat 28-04-2018 */
+
+var DateFormat={};!function(e){var I=["Sunday","Monday","Tuesday","Wednesday","Thursday","Friday","Saturday"],O=["Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat"],v=["Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec"],w=["January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],a={Jan:"01",Feb:"02",Mar:"03",Apr:"04",May:"05",Jun:"06",Jul:"07",Aug:"08",Sep:"09",Oct:"10",Nov:"11",Dec:"12"},u=/\d{4}-\d{2}-\d{2}T\d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.?\d{0,3}[Z\-+]?(\d{2}:?\d{2})?/;DateFormat.format=function(){function o(e){return a[e]||e}function i(e){var a,r,t,n,s,o=e,i="";return-1!==o.indexOf(".")&&(o=(n=o.split("."))[0],i=n[n.length-1]),3===(s=o.split(":")).length?(a=s[0],r=s[1],t=s[2].replace(/\s.+/,"").replace(/[a-z]/gi,""),{time:o=o.replace(/\s.+/,"").replace(/[a-z]/gi,""),hour:a,minute:r,second:t,millis:i}):{time:"",hour:"",minute:"",second:"",millis:""}}function D(e,a){for(var r=a-String(e).length,t=0;t<r;t++)e="0"+e;return e}return{parseDate:function(e){var a,r,t={date:null,year:null,month:null,dayOfMonth:null,dayOfWeek:null,time:null};if("number"==typeof e)return this.parseDate(new Date(e));if("function"==typeof e.getFullYear)t.year=String(e.getFullYear()),t.month=String(e.getMonth()+1),t.dayOfMonth=String(e.getDate()),t.time=i(e.toTimeString()+"."+e.getMilliseconds());else if(-1!=e.search(u))a=e.split(/[T\+-]/),t.year=a[0],t.month=a[1],t.dayOfMonth=a[2],t.time=i(a[3].split(".")[0]);else switch(6===(a=e.split(" ")).length&&isNaN(a[5])&&(a[a.length]="()"),a.length){case 6:t.year=a[5],t.month=o(a[1]),t.dayOfMonth=a[2],t.time=i(a[3]);break;case 2:r=a[0].split("-"),t.year=r[0],t.month=r[1],t.dayOfMonth=r[2],t.time=i(a[1]);break;case 7:case 9:case 10:t.year=a[3];var n=parseInt(a[1]),s=parseInt(a[2]);n&&!s?(t.month=o(a[2]),t.dayOfMonth=a[1]):(t.month=o(a[1]),t.dayOfMonth=a[2]),t.time=i(a[4]);break;case 1:r=a[0].split(""),t.year=r[0]+r[1]+r[2]+r[3],t.month=r[5]+r[6],t.dayOfMonth=r[8]+r[9],t.time=i(r[13]+r[14]+r[15]+r[16]+r[17]+r[18]+r[19]+r[20]);break;default:return null}return t.time?t.date=new Date(t.year,t.month-1,t.dayOfMonth,t.time.hour,t.time.minute,t.time.second,t.time.millis):t.date=new Date(t.year,t.month-1,t.dayOfMonth),t.dayOfWeek=String(t.date.getDay()),t},date:function(a,e){try{var r=this.parseDate(a);if(null===r)return a;for(var t,n=r.year,s=r.month,o=r.dayOfMonth,i=r.dayOfWeek,u=r.time,c="",h="",l="",m=!1,y=0;y<e.length;y++){var d=e.charAt(y),f=e.charAt(y+1);if(m)"'"==d?(h+=""===c?"'":c,c="",m=!1):c+=d;else switch(l="",c+=d){case"ddd":h+=(S=i,I[parseInt(S,10)]||S),c="";break;case"dd":if("d"===f)break;h+=D(o,2),c="";break;case"d":if("d"===f)break;h+=parseInt(o,10),c="";break;case"D":h+=o=1==o||21==o||31==o?parseInt(o,10)+"st":2==o||22==o?parseInt(o,10)+"nd":3==o||23==o?parseInt(o,10)+"rd":parseInt(o,10)+"th",c="";break;case"MMMM":h+=(M=s,void 0,g=parseInt(M,10)-1,w[g]||M),c="";break;case"MMM":if("M"===f)break;h+=(k=s,void 0,p=parseInt(k,10)-1,v[p]||k),c="";break;case"MM":if("M"===f)break;h+=D(s,2),c="";break;case"M":if("M"===f)break;h+=parseInt(s,10),c="";break;case"y":case"yyy":if("y"===f)break;h+=c,c="";break;case"yy":if("y"===f)break;h+=String(n).slice(-2),c="";break;case"yyyy":h+=n,c="";break;case"HH":h+=D(u.hour,2),c="";break;case"H":if("H"===f)break;h+=parseInt(u.hour,10),c="";break;case"hh":h+=D(t=0===parseInt(u.hour,10)?12:u.hour<13?u.hour:u.hour-12,2),c="";break;case"h":if("h"===f)break;t=0===parseInt(u.hour,10)?12:u.hour<13?u.hour:u.hour-12,h+=parseInt(t,10),c="";break;case"mm":h+=D(u.minute,2),c="";break;case"m":if("m"===f)break;h+=parseInt(u.minute,10),c="";break;case"ss":h+=D(u.second.substring(0,2),2),c="";break;case"s":if("s"===f)break;h+=parseInt(u.second,10),c="";break;case"S":case"SS":if("S"===f)break;h+=c,c="";break;case"SSS":h+=D(u.millis.substring(0,3),3),c="";break;case"a":h+=12<=u.hour?"PM":"AM",c="";break;case"p":h+=12<=u.hour?"p.m.":"a.m.",c="";break;case"E":h+=(b=i,O[parseInt(b,10)]||b),c="";break;case"'":c="",m=!0;break;default:h+=d,c=""}}return h+=l}catch(e){return console&&console.log&&console.log(e),a}var b,k,p,M,g,S},prettyDate:function(e){var a,r,t,n,s;if("string"!=typeof e&&"number"!=typeof e||(a=new Date(e)),"object"==typeof e&&(a=new Date(e.toString())),r=((new Date).getTime()-a.getTime())/1e3,t=Math.abs(r),n=Math.floor(t/86400),!isNaN(n))return s=r<0?"from now":"ago",t<60?0<=r?"just now":"in a moment":t<120?"1 minute "+s:t<3600?Math.floor(t/60)+" minutes "+s:t<7200?"1 hour "+s:t<86400?Math.floor(t/3600)+" hours "+s:1===n?0<=r?"Yesterday":"Tomorrow":n<7?n+" days "+s:7===n?"1 week "+s:n<31?Math.ceil(n/7)+" weeks "+s:"more than 5 weeks "+s},toBrowserTimeZone:function(e,a){return this.date(new Date(e),a||"MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss")}}}()}(),jQuery.format=DateFormat.format;
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