diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php b/wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php
index 453a66ac3f..b3dc1e96bc 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-post-rows.php
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ foreach($posts_columns as $column_name=>$column_display_name) {
 		break;
 	case 'date':
 		?>
-		<td><?php if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' ==$post->post_modified ) _e('Unpublished'); else the_time(__('Y-m-d \<\b\r \/\> g:i:s a')); ?></td>
+		<td><?php if ( '0000-00-00 00:00:00' ==$post->post_date) _e('Unpublished'); else the_time(__('Y-m-d \<\b\r \/\> g:i:s a')); ?></td>
 		<?php
 		break;
 	case 'title':