diff --git a/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb b/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
index e0b3826..f0167d5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/timelog_controller.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ class TimelogController < ApplicationController
 
   def index
     sort_init 'spent_on', 'desc'
-    sort_update 'spent_on' => 'spent_on',
+    sort_update 'spent_on' => ['spent_on', "#{TimeEntry.table_name}.created_on"],
                 'user' => 'user_id',
                 'activity' => 'activity_id',
                 'project' => "#{Project.table_name}.name",
diff --git a/doc/CHANGELOG b/doc/CHANGELOG
index 781c5d6..bd627d6 100644
--- a/doc/CHANGELOG
+++ b/doc/CHANGELOG
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ http://www.redmine.org/
 * Defect #11061: Cannot choose commit versions to view differences in Git/Mercurial repository view
 * Defect #11112: REST API - custom fields in POST/PUT ignored for time_entries
 * Defect #11133: Wiki-page section edit link can point to incorrect section
+* Defect #11178: Spent time sorted by date-descending order lists same-date entries in physical order
 * Feature #6597: Configurable session lifetime and timeout
 * Patch #11113: Small glitch in German localization
 
diff --git a/test/functional/timelog_controller_test.rb b/test/functional/timelog_controller_test.rb
index 10f5ccd..7a0d0f5 100644
--- a/test/functional/timelog_controller_test.rb
+++ b/test/functional/timelog_controller_test.rb
@@ -550,6 +550,20 @@ class TimelogControllerTest < ActionController::TestCase
       :attributes => {:action => "/projects/ecookbook/issues/1/time_entries", :id => 'query_form'}
   end
 
+  def test_index_should_sort_by_spent_on_and_created_on
+    t1 = TimeEntry.create!(:user => User.find(1), :project => Project.find(1), :hours => 1, :spent_on => '2012-06-16', :created_on => '2012-06-16 20:00:00', :activity_id => 10)
+    t2 = TimeEntry.create!(:user => User.find(1), :project => Project.find(1), :hours => 1, :spent_on => '2012-06-16', :created_on => '2012-06-16 20:05:00', :activity_id => 10)
+    t3 = TimeEntry.create!(:user => User.find(1), :project => Project.find(1), :hours => 1, :spent_on => '2012-06-15', :created_on => '2012-06-16 20:10:00', :activity_id => 10)
+
+    get :index, :project_id => 1, :from => '2012-06-15', :to => '2012-06-16'
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_equal [t2, t1, t3], assigns(:entries)
+
+    get :index, :project_id => 1, :from => '2012-06-15', :to => '2012-06-16', :sort => 'spent_on'
+    assert_response :success
+    assert_equal [t3, t1, t2], assigns(:entries)
+  end
+
   def test_index_atom_feed
     get :index, :project_id => 1, :format => 'atom'
     assert_response :success