diff --git a/Process.c b/Process.c
index 41c7d40d..e1fbd688 100644
--- a/Process.c
+++ b/Process.c
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PLPA
 #include <plpa.h>
@@ -98,9 +99,10 @@ typedef struct Process_ {
    long int priority;
    long int nice;
    long int nlwp;
+   char starttime_show[8];
+   time_t starttime_ctime;
    #ifdef DEBUG
    long int itrealvalue;
-   unsigned long int starttime;
    unsigned long int vsize;
    long int rss;
    unsigned long int rlim;
@@ -186,7 +188,7 @@ const char *Process_fieldTitles[] = {
    "", "  PID ", "Command ", "S ", " PPID ", " PGRP ", " SESN ",
    "  TTY ", "TPGID ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ",
    " UTIME+  ", " STIME+  ",  "- ", "- ", "PRI ", " NI ", "- ",
-   "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ",
+   "START ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ",
    "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ", "- ",
    "- ", "- ", "- ", "CPU ", " VIRT ", "  RES ", "  SHR ",
    " CODE ", " DATA ", " LIB ", " DIRTY ", " UID ", "CPU% ", "MEM% ",
@@ -403,6 +405,7 @@ static void Process_writeField(Process* this, RichString* str, ProcessField fiel
       }
       break;
    }
+   case STARTTIME: snprintf(buffer, n, "%s", this->starttime_show); break;
    #ifdef HAVE_OPENVZ
    case CTID: snprintf(buffer, n, "%5u ", this->ctid); break;
    case VPID: snprintf(buffer, n, "%5u ", this->vpid); break;
@@ -578,6 +581,8 @@ int Process_compare(const void* v1, const void* v2) {
       return strcmp(p1->comm, p2->comm);
    case NLWP:
       return (p1->nlwp - p2->nlwp);
+   case STARTTIME:
+      return (p1->starttime_ctime - p2->starttime_ctime);
    #ifdef HAVE_OPENVZ
    case CTID:
       return (p1->ctid - p2->ctid);
diff --git a/Process.h b/Process.h
index 6114f9c3..55359af3 100644
--- a/Process.h
+++ b/Process.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ in the source distribution for its full text.
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <pwd.h>
 #include <sched.h>
+#include <time.h>
 
 #ifdef HAVE_PLPA
 #include <plpa.h>
@@ -100,9 +101,10 @@ typedef struct Process_ {
    long int priority;
    long int nice;
    long int nlwp;
+   char starttime_show[8];
+   time_t starttime_ctime;
    #ifdef DEBUG
    long int itrealvalue;
-   unsigned long int starttime;
    unsigned long int vsize;
    long int rss;
    unsigned long int rlim;
diff --git a/ProcessList.c b/ProcessList.c
index f3845d63..f633a669 100644
--- a/ProcessList.c
+++ b/ProcessList.c
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ static int ProcessList_readStatFile(Process *proc, FILE *f, char *command) {
       &proc->minflt, &proc->cminflt, &proc->majflt, &proc->cmajflt,
       &proc->utime, &proc->stime, &proc->cutime, &proc->cstime, 
       &proc->priority, &proc->nice, &proc->nlwp, &proc->itrealvalue,
-      &proc->starttime, &proc->vsize, &proc->rss, &proc->rlim, 
+      &zero, &proc->vsize, &proc->rss, &proc->rlim, 
       &proc->startcode, &proc->endcode, &proc->startstack, &proc->kstkesp, 
       &proc->kstkeip, &proc->signal, &proc->blocked, &proc->sigignore, 
       &proc->sigcatch, &proc->wchan, &proc->nswap, &proc->cnswap, 
@@ -474,6 +474,13 @@ static bool ProcessList_readStatusFile(Process* proc, const char* dirname, char*
    if (statok == -1)
       return false;
    proc->st_uid = sstat.st_uid;
+  
+   struct tm date;
+   time_t ctime = sstat.st_ctime;
+   proc->starttime_ctime = ctime;
+   (void) localtime_r((time_t*) &ctime, &date);
+   strftime(proc->starttime_show, 7, ((ctime > time(NULL) - 86400) ? "%R " : "%b%d "), &date);
+   
    return true;
 }