diff --git a/db/Task.go b/db/Task.go
index cb4a2a291..fd8ee4fcf 100644
--- a/db/Task.go
+++ b/db/Task.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package db
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"github.com/go-gorp/gorp/v3"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/ansible-semaphore/semaphore/pkg/task_logger"
@@ -51,6 +52,24 @@ type Task struct {
 	InventoryID *int `db:"inventory_id" json:"inventory_id"`
 }
 
+func (task *Task) PreInsert(gorp.SqlExecutor) error {
+	task.Created = task.Created.UTC()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (task *Task) PreUpdate(gorp.SqlExecutor) error {
+	if task.Start != nil {
+		start := task.Start.UTC()
+		task.Start = &start
+	}
+
+	if task.End != nil {
+		end := task.End.UTC()
+		task.End = &end
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (task *Task) GetIncomingVersion(d Store) *string {
 	if task.BuildTaskID == nil {
 		return nil
diff --git a/db/sql/event.go b/db/sql/event.go
index 6f209255d..2247a0400 100644
--- a/db/sql/event.go
+++ b/db/sql/event.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) getEvents(q squirrel.SelectBuilder, params db.RetrieveQueryParam
 }
 
 func (d *SqlDb) CreateEvent(evt db.Event) (newEvent db.Event, err error) {
-	var created = time.Now()
+	var created = time.Now().UTC()
 
 	_, err = d.exec(
 		"insert into event(user_id, project_id, object_id, object_type, description, created) values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)",
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) GetUserEvents(userID int, params db.RetrieveQueryParams) ([]db.E
 	q := squirrel.Select("event.*, p.name as project_name").
 		From("event").
 		LeftJoin("project as p on event.project_id=p.id").
-		OrderBy("created desc").
+		OrderBy("id desc").
 		LeftJoin("project__user as pu on pu.project_id=p.id").
 		Where("p.id IS NULL or pu.user_id=?", userID)
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) GetEvents(projectID int, params db.RetrieveQueryParams) ([]db.Ev
 	q := squirrel.Select("event.*, p.name as project_name").
 		From("event").
 		LeftJoin("project as p on event.project_id=p.id").
-		OrderBy("created desc").
+		OrderBy("id desc").
 		Where("event.project_id=?", projectID)
 
 	return d.getEvents(q, params)
diff --git a/db/sql/project.go b/db/sql/project.go
index 655edd91a..32067d544 100644
--- a/db/sql/project.go
+++ b/db/sql/project.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (d *SqlDb) CreateProject(project db.Project) (newProject db.Project, err error) {
-	project.Created = time.Now()
+	project.Created = time.Now().UTC()
 
 	insertId, err := d.insert(
 		"id",
diff --git a/db/sql/session.go b/db/sql/session.go
index f8baf7430..363ad91ad 100644
--- a/db/sql/session.go
+++ b/db/sql/session.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) CreateSession(session db.Session) (db.Session, error) {
 }
 
 func (d *SqlDb) CreateAPIToken(token db.APIToken) (db.APIToken, error) {
-	token.Created = db.GetParsedTime(time.Now())
+	token.Created = db.GetParsedTime(time.Now().UTC())
 	err := d.sql.Insert(&token)
 	return token, err
 }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) ExpireSession(userID int, sessionID int) error {
 }
 
 func (d *SqlDb) TouchSession(userID int, sessionID int) error {
-	_, err := d.exec("update session set last_active=? where id=? and user_id=?", time.Now(), sessionID, userID)
+	_, err := d.exec("update session set last_active=? where id=? and user_id=?", time.Now().UTC(), sessionID, userID)
 
 	return err
 }
diff --git a/db/sql/task.go b/db/sql/task.go
index c3f71b647..d5adb10e4 100644
--- a/db/sql/task.go
+++ b/db/sql/task.go
@@ -92,7 +92,12 @@ func (d *SqlDb) CreateTask(task db.Task, maxTasks int) (newTask db.Task, err err
 }
 
 func (d *SqlDb) UpdateTask(task db.Task) error {
-	_, err := d.exec(
+	err := task.PreUpdate(d.sql)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	_, err = d.exec(
 		"update task set status=?, start=?, `end`=? where id=?",
 		task.Status,
 		task.Start,
@@ -107,7 +112,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) CreateTaskOutput(output db.TaskOutput) (db.TaskOutput, error) {
 		"insert into task__output (task_id, task, output, time) VALUES (?, '', ?, ?)",
 		output.TaskID,
 		output.Output,
-		output.Time)
+		output.Time.UTC())
 	return output, err
 }
 
@@ -123,7 +128,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) getTasks(projectID int, templateID *int, taskIDs []int, params d
 		From("task").
 		Join("project__template as tpl on task.template_id=tpl.id").
 		LeftJoin("`user` on task.user_id=`user`.id").
-		OrderBy("task.created desc, id desc")
+		OrderBy("id desc")
 
 	if templateID == nil {
 		q = q.Where("tpl.project_id=?", projectID)
diff --git a/db/sql/user.go b/db/sql/user.go
index 0a325c8b1..f250a54ff 100644
--- a/db/sql/user.go
+++ b/db/sql/user.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) CreateUserWithoutPassword(user db.User) (newUser db.User, err er
 	}
 
 	user.Password = ""
-	user.Created = db.GetParsedTime(time.Now())
+	user.Created = db.GetParsedTime(time.Now().UTC())
 
 	err = d.sql.Insert(&user)
 
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func (d *SqlDb) CreateUser(user db.UserWithPwd) (newUser db.User, err error) {
 	}
 
 	user.Password = string(pwdHash)
-	user.Created = db.GetParsedTime(time.Now())
+	user.Created = db.GetParsedTime(time.Now().UTC())
 
 	err = d.sql.Insert(&user.User)
 
diff --git a/web/src/main.js b/web/src/main.js
index fd96ddfcc..bf184829d 100644
--- a/web/src/main.js
+++ b/web/src/main.js
@@ -13,7 +13,18 @@ const convert = new Convert();
 axios.defaults.baseURL = document.baseURI;
 Vue.config.productionTip = false;
 
-Vue.filter('formatDate', (value) => (value ? moment(String(value)).fromNow() : '—'));
+Vue.filter('formatDate', (value) => {
+  if (!value) {
+    return '—';
+  }
+  const date = moment(value);
+  const now = moment();
+
+  if (now.isSame(date, 'day')) {
+    return `${date.fromNow()} (${date.format('LT')})`; // Display only time if today
+  }
+  return date.format('L LT'); // Display only date otherwise
+});
 Vue.filter('formatTime', (value) => (value ? moment(String(value)).format('LTS') : '—'));
 Vue.filter('formatLog', (value) => (value ? convert.toHtml(String(value)) : value));