diff --git a/lib/entropy/db/skel.py b/lib/entropy/db/skel.py
index 5a9db1655..523a70485 100644
--- a/lib/entropy/db/skel.py
+++ b/lib/entropy/db/skel.py
@@ -2003,6 +2003,7 @@ class EntropyRepositoryBase(TextInterface, EntropyRepositoryPluginStore):
         audience.
         List all the available "treeupdates" (package names/slots changes
             directives) actions.
+        Actions must be sorted by date (FLOAT).
 
         @keyword no_ids_repos: if True, it will just return a tuple of 3-length
             tuples containing ((command, branch, unix_time,), ...)
@@ -2018,6 +2019,7 @@ class EntropyRepositoryBase(TextInterface, EntropyRepositoryPluginStore):
         audience.
         Return all the available "treeupdates (package names/slots changes
             directives) actions for provided repository.
+        Actions must be sorted by date (FLOAT).
 
         @param repository: repository identifier
         @type repository: string
diff --git a/lib/entropy/db/sql.py b/lib/entropy/db/sql.py
index eae201924..065a78553 100644
--- a/lib/entropy/db/sql.py
+++ b/lib/entropy/db/sql.py
@@ -2581,11 +2581,12 @@ class EntropySQLRepository(EntropyRepositoryBase):
         if no_ids_repos:
             cur = self._cursor().execute("""
             SELECT command, branch, date FROM treeupdatesactions
+            ORDER BY CAST(date AS FLOAT)
             """)
         else:
             cur = self._cursor().execute("""
             SELECT idupdate, repository, command, branch, date
-            FROM treeupdatesactions
+            FROM treeupdatesactions ORDER BY CAST(date AS FLOAT)
             """)
         return tuple(cur)
 
@@ -2597,7 +2598,7 @@ class EntropySQLRepository(EntropyRepositoryBase):
 
         cur = self._cursor().execute("""
         SELECT command FROM treeupdatesactions WHERE
-        repository = ? ORDER BY date""", params)
+        repository = ? ORDER BY CAST(date AS FLOAT)""", params)
         return self._cur2tuple(cur)
 
     def bumpTreeUpdatesActions(self, updates):