diff --git a/app/recordings/recordings.php b/app/recordings/recordings.php
index 0a8f68b13b..2f8ecbae9b 100644
--- a/app/recordings/recordings.php
+++ b/app/recordings/recordings.php
@@ -355,8 +355,9 @@
 //get the recordings from the database
 	$sql = "select recording_uuid, domain_uuid, ";
 	if (!empty($sql_file_size)) { $sql .= $sql_file_size; }
-	$sql .= "to_char(timezone(:time_zone, update_date), 'DD Mon YYYY') as date_formatted, \n";
-	$sql .= "to_char(timezone(:time_zone, update_date), '".$sql_time_format."') as time_formatted, \n";
+	$sql .= "to_char(timezone(:time_zone, COALESCE(update_date, insert_date)), 'DD Mon YYYY') as date_formatted, \n";
+	$sql .= "to_char(timezone(:time_zone, COALESCE(update_date, insert_date)), '".$sql_time_format."') as time_formatted, \n";
+	
 	$sql .= "recording_name, recording_filename, recording_description ";
 	$sql .= "from v_recordings ";
 	$sql .= "where true ";
@@ -714,4 +715,3 @@
 	}
 
 ?>
-