diff --git a/migrations/2024-11-12-131724_article-approval/down.sql b/migrations/2024-11-12-131724_article-approval/down.sql
index fbe1f23..18d5121 100644
--- a/migrations/2024-11-12-131724_article-approval/down.sql
+++ b/migrations/2024-11-12-131724_article-approval/down.sql
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-alter table article drop column approved;
\ No newline at end of file
+alter table article drop column approved;
+
+alter table article drop column published;
+
+alter table conflict drop column published;
+
+alter table edit rename column published to created;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/migrations/2024-11-12-131724_article-approval/up.sql b/migrations/2024-11-12-131724_article-approval/up.sql
index f2d63ea..3d60114 100644
--- a/migrations/2024-11-12-131724_article-approval/up.sql
+++ b/migrations/2024-11-12-131724_article-approval/up.sql
@@ -1 +1,7 @@
-alter table article add column approved bool not null default true;
\ No newline at end of file
+alter table article add column approved bool not null default true;
+
+alter table article add column published timestamptz not null default now();
+
+alter table conflict add column published timestamptz not null default now();
+
+alter table edit rename column created to published;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/api/article.rs b/src/backend/api/article.rs
index 8028230..cf62f86 100644
--- a/src/backend/api/article.rs
+++ b/src/backend/api/article.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pub(in crate::backend::api) async fn fork_article(
             article_id: article.id,
             hash: e.hash,
             previous_version_id: e.previous_version_id,
-            created: Utc::now(),
+            published: Utc::now(),
         };
         DbEdit::create(&form, &data)?;
     }
diff --git a/src/backend/api/user.rs b/src/backend/api/user.rs
index 1c2b96c..73c8054 100644
--- a/src/backend/api/user.rs
+++ b/src/backend/api/user.rs
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn list_notifications(
                 .map(Notification::ArticleApprovalRequired),
         )
     }
+    notifications.sort_by(|a, b| a.published().cmp(b.published()));
 
     Ok(Json(notifications))
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/database/article.rs b/src/backend/database/article.rs
index 887dbba..c8a5743 100644
--- a/src/backend/database/article.rs
+++ b/src/backend/database/article.rs
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ impl DbArticle {
             .inner_join(instance::table)
             .filter(article::dsl::approved.eq(true))
             .group_by(article::dsl::id)
-            .order_by(max(edit::dsl::created).desc())
+            .order_by(max(edit::dsl::published).desc())
             .select(article::all_columns)
             .into_boxed();
 
@@ -204,10 +204,8 @@ impl DbArticle {
     pub fn list_approval_required(data: &IbisData) -> MyResult<Vec<Self>> {
         let mut conn = data.db_pool.get()?;
         let query = article::table
-            .inner_join(edit::table)
             .group_by(article::dsl::id)
             .filter(article::dsl::approved.eq(false))
-            .order_by(max(edit::dsl::created).desc())
             .select(article::all_columns)
             .into_boxed();
 
diff --git a/src/backend/database/conflict.rs b/src/backend/database/conflict.rs
index 9556a4d..b34916c 100644
--- a/src/backend/database/conflict.rs
+++ b/src/backend/database/conflict.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ use crate::{
     },
 };
 use activitypub_federation::config::Data;
+use chrono::{DateTime, Utc};
 use diesel::{
     delete,
     insert_into,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ pub struct DbConflict {
     pub creator_id: PersonId,
     pub article_id: ArticleId,
     pub previous_version_id: EditVersion,
+    pub published: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Insertable)]
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ impl DbConflict {
                     summary: self.summary.clone(),
                     article: original_article.clone(),
                     previous_version_id: original_article.latest_edit_version(data)?,
+                    published: self.published,
                 }))
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/backend/database/edit.rs b/src/backend/database/edit.rs
index 30a3b90..997fcec 100644
--- a/src/backend/database/edit.rs
+++ b/src/backend/database/edit.rs
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pub struct DbEditForm {
     pub summary: String,
     pub article_id: ArticleId,
     pub previous_version_id: EditVersion,
-    pub created: DateTime<Utc>,
+    pub published: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
 
 impl DbEditForm {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ impl DbEditForm {
             article_id: original_article.id,
             previous_version_id,
             summary,
-            created: Utc::now(),
+            published: Utc::now(),
         })
     }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ impl DbEdit {
         Ok(edit::table
             .inner_join(person::table)
             .filter(edit::article_id.eq(article.id))
-            .order(edit::created)
+            .order(edit::published)
             .get_results(conn.deref_mut())?)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/backend/database/schema.rs b/src/backend/database/schema.rs
index 1affb5a..579f077 100644
--- a/src/backend/database/schema.rs
+++ b/src/backend/database/schema.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ diesel::table! {
         local -> Bool,
         protected -> Bool,
         approved -> Bool,
+        published -> Timestamptz,
     }
 }
 
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ diesel::table! {
         creator_id -> Int4,
         article_id -> Int4,
         previous_version_id -> Uuid,
+        published -> Timestamptz,
     }
 }
 
@@ -37,7 +39,7 @@ diesel::table! {
         summary -> Text,
         article_id -> Int4,
         previous_version_id -> Uuid,
-        created -> Timestamptz,
+        published -> Timestamptz,
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/backend/federation/activities/mod.rs b/src/backend/federation/activities/mod.rs
index 5ea0c08..b6c5ee4 100644
--- a/src/backend/federation/activities/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/federation/activities/mod.rs
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pub async fn submit_article_update(
             summary: form.summary,
             article_id: form.article_id,
             previous_version_id: form.previous_version_id,
-            created: Utc::now(),
+            published: Utc::now(),
         };
         let instance = DbInstance::read(original_article.instance_id, data)?;
         UpdateRemoteArticle::send(edit, instance, data).await?;
diff --git a/src/backend/federation/objects/edit.rs b/src/backend/federation/objects/edit.rs
index b472e3d..2559cce 100644
--- a/src/backend/federation/objects/edit.rs
+++ b/src/backend/federation/objects/edit.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ impl Object for DbEdit {
             previous_version: self.previous_version_id,
             object: article.article.ap_id,
             attributed_to: creator.ap_id,
-            published: self.created,
+            published: self.published,
         })
     }
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ impl Object for DbEdit {
             article_id: article.id,
             hash: json.version,
             previous_version_id: json.previous_version,
-            created: json.published,
+            published: json.published,
         };
         let edit = DbEdit::create(&form, data)?;
         Ok(edit)
diff --git a/src/backend/utils.rs b/src/backend/utils.rs
index 3f76918..89014f7 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils.rs
+++ b/src/backend/utils.rs
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ mod test {
                     summary: String::new(),
                     article_id: ArticleId(0),
                     previous_version_id: Default::default(),
-                    created: Utc::now(),
+                    published: Utc::now(),
                 },
                 creator: DbPerson {
                     id: PersonId(0),
diff --git a/src/common/mod.rs b/src/common/mod.rs
index ce0d9c4..44bc823 100644
--- a/src/common/mod.rs
+++ b/src/common/mod.rs
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ pub struct DbArticle {
     pub local: bool,
     pub protected: bool,
     pub approved: bool,
+    pub published: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
 
 /// Represents a single change to the article.
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ pub struct DbEdit {
     pub article_id: ArticleId,
     /// First edit of an article always has `EditVersion::default()` here
     pub previous_version_id: EditVersion,
-    pub created: DateTime<Utc>,
+    pub published: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
@@ -248,6 +249,7 @@ pub struct ApiConflict {
     pub summary: String,
     pub article: DbArticle,
     pub previous_version_id: EditVersion,
+    pub published: DateTime<Utc>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
@@ -256,6 +258,15 @@ pub enum Notification {
     ArticleApprovalRequired(DbArticle),
 }
 
+impl Notification {
+    pub fn published(&self) -> &DateTime<Utc> {
+        match self {
+            Notification::EditConflict(api_conflict) => &api_conflict.published,
+            Notification::ArticleApprovalRequired(db_article) => &db_article.published,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "ssr", derive(Queryable, Selectable, Identifiable))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "ssr", diesel(table_name = instance, check_for_backend(diesel::pg::Pg)))]
diff --git a/src/frontend/pages/article/history.rs b/src/frontend/pages/article/history.rs
index a0cf4d9..96774c9 100644
--- a/src/frontend/pages/article/history.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/pages/article/history.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn ArticleHistory() -> impl IntoView {
                                                             {edit.edit.summary}
                                                         </a>
                                                         <p>
-                                                            {render_date_time(edit.edit.created)}" by "
+                                                            {render_date_time(edit.edit.published)}" by "
                                                             {user_link(&edit.creator)}
                                                         </p>
                                                     </div>
diff --git a/src/frontend/pages/diff.rs b/src/frontend/pages/diff.rs
index b72b01c..4d2ea4b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/pages/diff.rs
+++ b/src/frontend/pages/diff.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub fn EditDiff() -> impl IntoView {
                         let label = format!(
                             "{} ({})",
                             edit.edit.summary,
-                            render_date_time(edit.edit.created),
+                            render_date_time(edit.edit.published),
                         );
                         view! {
                             <h2 class="text-xl font-bold font-serif my-2">{label}</h2>