diff --git a/support/rsyncstats b/support/rsyncstats
index 9471c709..e5c63559 100755
--- a/support/rsyncstats
+++ b/support/rsyncstats
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ foreach $hour ( sort keys(xfertbytes) ) {
 exit(0);
 
 sub datecompare {
-    $a lt $b;
+    $a gt $b;
 }
 
 sub domnamcompare {